| | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon | HSK 1 |
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| | (bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | HSK 1 |
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| | original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out | HSK 2 |
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| | original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course | HSK 3 |
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| | singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet | HSK 3 |
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| | first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally | HSK 4 |
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| | original / former | HSK 5 |
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| | originally / original / former | HSK 5 |
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| | first / original / primitive / original (document etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source | HSK 6 |
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| | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun 的命) / CL: 次 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work | HSK 7-9 |
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| | material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | originally / original | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. new bud / fig. new and original | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | original intention | HSK 7-9 |
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| | original idea / real intention / etymon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | original; authentic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of sth that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape / (fig.) to rebound / to bounce back | |
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| | source material / original story | |
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| | original | |
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| | original / primary / native / indigenous / proto- / stock (firmware) | |
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| | (skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening | |
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| | original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) | |
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| | OEM (original equipment manufacturer) | |
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| | to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out | |
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| | original works / original text / original author | |
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| | original price | |
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| | original production / native to (of species) | |
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| | original shape / the same as before | |
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| | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused; chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded | |
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| | original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) | |
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| | original meaning / original intention | |
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| | original work (not translation or abridged) | |
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| | manuscript / original copy | |
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| | original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ | |
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| | to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom) | |
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| | original name | |
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| | to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset | |
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| | original meaning / literal sense | |
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| | earth-shattering / breakthrough / remarkable and original work | |
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| | the original form | |
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| | original sin | |
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| | previous condition / original state | |
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| | to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream | |
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| | to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path / to break fresh ground | |
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| | (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone) | |
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| | initial / original / originally / at first | |
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| | original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity | |
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| | herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc) | |
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| | original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character | |
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| | to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach | |
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| | original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity | |
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| | ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person | |
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| | (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology ( 墨 was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨) | |
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| | original spot / previous place / where it was before | |
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| | many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose | |
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| | to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) | |
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| | original text | |
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| | one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been | |
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| | authentic / original | |
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| | an original idea | |
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| | lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom) | |
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| | difficult / challenging / original | |
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| | business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying) / original business / core business / (literary) agriculture | |
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| | sb's original handwriting or painting | |
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| | to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom) | |
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| | original form | |
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| | lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning) / incomprehensible nonsense / preposterous bullshit | |
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| | original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book) | |
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| | not follow the beaten track / have an original style | |
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| | (one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would) | |
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| | to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose | |
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| | (idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮) | |
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| | former residence / one's original home | |
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| | (idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance | |
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| | to sing the original version of a song (as opposed to a cover version) / singer who performs the original version of a song | |
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| | Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字 | |
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| | original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈 | |
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| | the original name of 孫中山|孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 | |
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| | highly intelligent / original and unique | |
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| | original form of a Chinese character | |
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| | to restore sth to its original state | |
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| | original meaning | |
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| | Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文 | |
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| | to replace a lost or damaged SIM card, retaining one's original telephone number / SIM replacement | |
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| | actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) | |
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| | Zheng coding / original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里, underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods / also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码 | |
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| | original source / place of origin / provenance | |
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| | original cast / former team | |
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| | (law) to amend a judgment; to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score | |
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| | to affirm the original sentence (law) | |
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| | tweet (on Twitter) / (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board | |
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| | lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢 of 楚 in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 as "promote the wise" | |
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| | old growth forest / primary forest / original forest cover | |
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