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to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
HSK 2
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  *称* | 称* | *称
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
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  *奖* | 奖* | *奖
prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward
HSK 4
to praise / to commend
HSK 4
to praise; to commend; to compliment
HSK 4
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to admire / to praise / to appreciate
HSK 4
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
to admire / to praise / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
to praise / to applaud / to compliment
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be full of praise and admiration; to marvel endlessly; to be in awe
HSK 7-9
public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
HSK 7-9
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  *许* | 许* | *许
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
HSK 7-9
to flaunt / to advertise / to parade / boost / excessive praise
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
HSK 7-9
to praise / to approve of / to show approval
HSK 7-9
to praise / to speak highly of / compliment / praise
HSK 7-9
to praise / to laud
HSK 7-9
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  *夸* | 夸* | *夸
to boast; to exaggerate / to praise
HSK 7-9
to praise / to commend / to hallow
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
to praise
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
(lit.) blowing the trumpet / (fig.) to praise sb / (slang) to give a blowjob
(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
lit. to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful wording
to praise
to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise
favorable / praise
to be praised by everyone
to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
to praise / to speak highly of / to commend
to praise sb in his presence
to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)
to praise to the skies; to shower with excessive praise
to heap praise on
not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)
to applaud and praise a favorite actor
to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
to praise profusely
to praise / well done, bravo!
(neologism c. 2017) (slang) over-the-top praise
to eulogize / to pass on praise
to praise lavishly
to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor
to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice
to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal
every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
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  *嘉* | 嘉* | *嘉
excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend
(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
to praise / to commend
praise
(before a two-syllable verb) considerably / greatly (exaggerate) / vehemently (oppose) / severely (punish) / extensively (refurbish) / effusively (praise)
to praise / to extol / to publicize / to advocate
term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称) / to praise sb in their presence
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
to eulogize / to praise
(idiom) this young person is worth teaching (used to praise sb as promising or capable of being taught)
flattering words / inflated praise
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
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  *誉* | 誉* | *誉
to praise / to acclaim / reputation
to praise
enthusiastic praise / to praise highly
Hosanna (in Christian praise)
to show deference or praise publicly
to get more criticism than praise
to praise sb to his face
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning) / incomprehensible nonsense / preposterous bullshit
to praise highly / an accolade
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much.
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
to commend / to praise
sickening / corny / sappy / maudlin / fulsome (of praise)
to praise / to compliment
how could one dare? / I don't deserve such praise
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  *赞* | 赞* | *赞
(bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid / (bound form) to praise; to laud
contaminated milk (esp. milk products adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) / (slang) a jinx effect from praising or supporting sb too much
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
to overpraise / You praise me too much!
to bless / to praise
to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
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  *颂* | 颂* | *颂
ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)
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  *褒* | 褒* | *褒
to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living / fig. to live in the past (idiom)
to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
to praise; to acclaim
praise
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  *赞* | 赞* | *赞
(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 贊|赞)
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  *闁* | 闁* | *闁
old variant of / to praise


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