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HSK
to find / to search out
HSK 2
to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999
search and rescue
HSK 7-9
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
HSK 7-9
to search for / to look up
HSK 7-9
Sogou, Chinese tech company known for its search engine, www.sogou.com
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寻* | 寻* | *寻
to search / to look for / to seek
HSK 7-9
to search
HSK 7-9
to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
to search / to seek / to explore
search and rescue dog
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *索* | 索* | *索
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated
(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending
full-text search
to search a house and confiscate possessions
Bing (search engine)
to search for sth / to seek / to quest / to explore
search engine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *探* | 探* | *探
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
HSK 7-9
to search; to look for
HSK 7-9
to search for subtle traces / to ponder
to ask oneself; to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
to pursue / to track down / to search
search warrant
Google, Internet company and search engine
sudden unannounced investigation / on-the-spot inspection / to search without notification
human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
(Tw, HK) search engine
nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad
In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝 in Jin dynasty
full-text search
to address / to search for address / to input data into memory
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记
to search out / to check
to exhale; to breathe out / to make an outgoing call / (computing) to bring up (a menu, search bar, virtual keyboard etc)
to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit
to retrieve (data) / to look up / retrieval / search
(Internet) popular search query
lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom) / fig. to look for what one already has
(computing) search tree
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
to search and enquire
to search for ancient relics
to arrange for ease of search; to catalogue for retrieval
to do a body search / to frisk
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
to ask oneself honestly / to search in one's heart
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
iAsk.com, the search engine of Sina 新浪
to search and seize
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
to search for and seize (criminals, smuggled goods etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *廋* | 廋* | *廋
to search / be concealed
search party
to go in search of food (of animals) / to take medicine for indigestion or gastro-intestinal upsets
to search and confiscate
search warrant (Tw)
to suppress smugglers / to search for smuggled goods
to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions / to search and confiscate (forbidden items); to raid
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
(dialect) to do a body search / to frisk
to raid / to search (for criminal)
to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover
to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
thorough search
to search for the right word (of poet)
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel
to search everywhere / to search high and low / to comb
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
to seek / to search for
to find / to capture (after search) / to uncover (evidence)
to enquire / to search
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搜* | 搜* | *搜
to search / variant of 蒐|搜
HSK 5
to search (a person) / to frisk
In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁
online search


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