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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(lit. and fig.) shadow / CL:
HSK 6
to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking
HSK 7-9
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *影* | 影* | *影
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
HSK 7-9
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
hand shadow drama
shadow; umbra
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial
eye shadow (cosmetics)
(literary) (of light, shadows) flickering; dancing
shadow
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow
lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
lit. bum beetle / sb who tags along / shadow / sycophant
total shadow / umbra
lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
shadow / darkness / twilight
to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢
shadow cabinet
shadow play
(of light, shadows) swaying; moving about; dancing


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