| | (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term | HSK 2 |
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| | to go to school / to attend school | HSK 1 |
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| | middle-school student / high school student | HSK 1 |
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| | middle and elementary school | HSK 2 |
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| | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1 |
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| | grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL: 位, 個|个 | HSK 1 |
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| | to dismiss students at the end of the school day | HSK 1 |
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| | to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce | HSK 1 |
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| | elementary school; primary school | HSK 1 |
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| | gate / door / CL: 扇 / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) | HSK 1 |
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| | school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate | HSK 2 |
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| | (literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie | HSK 3 |
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| | primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, 名 / (fig.) beginner | HSK 1 |
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| | college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL: 所 | HSK 1 |
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| | school building; academic building | HSK 1 |
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| | to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down | HSK 4 |
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| | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual | HSK 5 |
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| | to read a book / to study / to attend school | HSK 1 |
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| | to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) | HSK 5 |
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| | class (group of students) / grade (in school) | HSK 3 |
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| | sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor | HSK 6 |
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| | to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child | HSK 6 |
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| | research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个 | HSK 5 |
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| | the end of a term or semester (in school) | HSK 4 |
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| | academic degree / place in school | HSK 5 |
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| | Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | kindergarten / nursery school | HSK 4 |
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| | to enter the next grade school | HSK 6 |
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| | to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL: 頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | HSK 3 |
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| | graduation / to graduate / to finish school | HSK 4 |
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| | to run a school | HSK 6 |
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| | to pursue one's studies; to attend school / to seek knowledge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | public (e.g. school, hospital) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject) | HSK 5 |
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| | optional course (in school) | |
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| | old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject | |
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| | public school | |
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| | a supervised line of schoolchildren walking in procession along public streets, esp. primary school students returning home after school | |
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| | to progress to (a higher-level school) | |
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| | college / school (old) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to read; to study / to attend school | HSK 7-9 |
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| | vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school | |
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| | to unveil the plaque for (a school, shop, stadium etc); to inaugurate; to officially open | |
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| | evening school / night school | HSK 7-9 |
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| | teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC | |
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| | (political) party school | |
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| | line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (archaic) a school | |
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| | first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school | |
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| | orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business | |
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| | tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956 | |
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| | Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC) | |
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| | to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake | HSK 7-9 |
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| | privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes | |
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| | (of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another | HSK 7-9 |
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| | specialized middle school | |
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| | teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) | |
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| | tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade | |
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| | the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | school report or transcript | |
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| | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | |
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| | percentage of children who enter school | |
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| | School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
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| | specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school | |
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| | to go to school | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家 | |
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| | university and high school students | |
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| | school calendar | |
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| | school badge; college insignia; university crest | |
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| | (school) field day / sports day | |
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| | group; sect; clique; faction; school | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) | |
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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group | |
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| | vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校 | |
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| | style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions | |
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| | the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen | |
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| | the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist | |
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| | School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明) | |
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| | (Japanese) high school girl’s uniform | |
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| | older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) | |
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| | school age | |
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| | Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学 | |
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