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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *图* | 图* | *图
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
HSK 3
to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *追* | 追* | *追
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously
HSK 3
to chase / to pursue vigorously
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
(idiom) person with the passion and resolve to pursue noble ideals
to pursue relentlessly
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
to pursue a goal with determination / inspirational; motivational
HSK 7-9
to pursue one's studies
to seek / to pursue / to investigate
HSK 7-9
young person who pursues multiple careers simultaneously; a young slashie
slash; forward slash (punctuation mark) / (neologism c. 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
to pursue / to be after / to hunt down
scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study
HSK 7-9
to pursue (a course, a policy)
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
(neologism c. 2018) (slang) simp; person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections
lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)
to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy
to pursue / to track down / to search
to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
to pursue public affairs
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
to demand payment / to extort / to trace / to seek / to pursue / to explore
like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
to pursue and attack
to pursue and kill / to wipe out
to pursue / to chase after / to accelerate / to catch up with / to overtake
HSK 7-9
to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
to pursue greedily / to crave
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
to pursue deer / fig. to vie for supremacy
boldness in pursuing one's sexual urges
to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *适* | 适* | *适
to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue
to pursue closely
to pursue relentlessly
to pursue and eliminate / to suppress
to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
(slang) gold digger; woman who pursues men for money
to pursue closely / to press / to demand (payment) / to extort (a concession)
competition / to compete / to pursue
to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
to recover (stolen property) / to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils
student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捯* | 捯* | *捯
(coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter)
(idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue; to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逐* | 逐* | *逐
(bound form) to pursue / to chase away / individually / one by one
(literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)


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