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HSK
rest / to rest
HSK 1
other / (sth or sb) else / the rest
HSK 2
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong
HSK 4
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
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  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
record of achievements; (fig.) laurels (as sth one rests on)
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  *歇* | 歇* | *歇
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while
HSK 5
to stop for a rest
to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair
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  *休* | 休* | *休
to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
to cease fire / armistice / rested troops
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
complete rest (after an illness)
completely secure / a sure thing / rest assured
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
to work and rest
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
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  *息* | 息* | *息
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
rest (music)
to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
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  *憩* | 憩* | *憩
to rest
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth
HSK 7-9
to rest / to relax / to take a break
without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
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  *枕* | 枕* | *枕
(bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
to rest and reorganize (military)
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic
to put sth to rest / calm down a bit!
lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)
with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom)
(literary) to rest / to recuperate
(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday / to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday
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  *托* | 托* | *托
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托) / torr (unit of pressure)
HSK 6
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
(literary) a regular day off granted to officials in ancient times, for "rest and bathing"
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
to have a break / to rest
good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)
rest for now / stop (usually imperative form)
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  *趴* | 趴* | *趴
to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent
HSK 7-9
to let the dough rest
(fig.) guarantee of financial support for the rest of one's life
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
work and rest
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
to let matters rest
to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep
to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
to rest; to go to sleep / to rest in peace
the second half of the night; early morning (cf. 小夜, evening) / (fig.) eternal rest; death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
to stop on the way for a rest
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work / not resting on one's laurels
to pass away; to die; to rest eternally
to rest for a bit / to take a breather
to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place; to hold a funeral
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
rest area
to make a rest stop at a hotel / to put sth into storage
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  *寝* | 寝* | *寝
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease
to rest one's chin in one's hand
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
to rest / to take a break
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)
lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
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  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
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  *棳* | 棳* | *棳
small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
(literary) to take a rest / (literary) to cease
to live out the rest of one's life
postal kiosk / (old) rest shelter for couriers
to let the dough rest
unrelenting / without stopping to rest
(literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc)
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  *塈* | 塈* | *塈
(literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest

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