| | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的｜跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | don't!; must not | HSK 2 |
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| | it doesn't matter | HSK 1 |
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| | won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable | HSK 2 |
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| | haven't / hasn't / doesn't exist / to not have / to not be | HSK 1 |
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| | unimportant / not serious / it doesn't matter / never mind / it looks all right, but | HSK 4 |
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| | to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別｜性别, 派別｜派别) | HSK 1 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt | HSK 1 |
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| | hasn't yet; hasn't ever | HSK 5 |
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| | Chinese character(s) | HSK 1 |
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| | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome | HSK 1 |
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| | male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand | HSK 4 |
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| | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] | HSK 2 |
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| | won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | HSK 6 |
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| | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | HSK 6 |
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| | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition | HSK 1 |
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| | didn't expect | HSK 4 |
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| | to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場｜场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand | HSK 3 |
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| | (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully | HSK 7-9 |
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| | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't | HSK 4 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | don't tell me ... / could it be that...? | HSK 3 |
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| | (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (loanword) T-shirt | |
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| | really isn't | HSK 7-9 |
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| | don't think (that) / don't imagine (that) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame; please don't attack me if you disagree | |
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| | can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) | |
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| | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me | HSK 5 |
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| | taste bud(s) | |
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| | can't help / cannot but | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (neologism, attested by 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society) | |
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| | (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) | HSK 4 |
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| | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) | |
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| | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) | |
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| | say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) | HSK 6 |
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| | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong | HSK 4 |
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| | not to allow / must not / can't | HSK 5 |
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| | to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't | |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | isn't that so? | |
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| | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success | |
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| | it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive | |
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| | Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) | |
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| | T-junction | |
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| | brother(s) and sister(s) | |
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| | can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016) | |
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| | to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires | |
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| | can't bear to | |
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| | Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis | |
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| | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! | |
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| | What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關｜关 + {person} + 什麼事｜什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?") | |
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| | a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief | |
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| | appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre | |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony | |
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| | no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter | |
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| | can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from | HSK 6 |
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| | can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist | |
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| | exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) | HSK 5 |
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| | can't keep up with / can't catch up with / cannot overtake | HSK 6 |
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| | lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) | |
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| | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳｜左传) | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person | |
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| | lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love) | |
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| | the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against | |
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| | lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing | |
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| | to disagree / I can't agree with that. | |
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| | (physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s) | |
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| | Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish | |
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| | lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable | |
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| | can't compare with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | don't mention it / no formalities, please | |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees | |
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| | hepatitis D | |
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| | couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful | |
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| | (coll.) Don't waste your breath. / Save it! | |
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| | to put oneself in sb else’s shoes | |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être | |
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| | lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord | |
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| | I'd like to hear the details | |
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| | (Japanese) high school girl’s uniform | |
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| | lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison | |
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| | not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it! | |
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| | to verify / (math.) Q.E.D. | |
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| | money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) | |
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