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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *不* | 不* | *不
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *等* | 等* | *等
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
HSK 1
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *而* | 而* | *而
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
HSK 4
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out
HSK 2
not so / no / or else / otherwise / if not / How about ...?
HSK 4
so long as; provided; if
HSK 2
so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this
HSK 2
and so on / and such
HSK 6
as for / as to / to go so far as to
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
HSK 6
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
HSK 5
like that; in that way; to that extent / (before a number) ... or so; about ... / then; in that case
HSK 2
like this; so; such
HSK 5
this kind of / so / this way / like this / such
HSK 2
so far / to this day / until now
HSK 3
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乃* | 乃* | *乃
to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon
HSK 7-9
unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
HSK 6
even; so much so that
HSK 4
to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required to use a coupon, get a discount or qualify for free shipping
readily / flatly (deny, admit and so on) / a mouthful / a bite
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
so deep one cannot see to the bottom / limitless
isn't that so?
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
even more (so)
HSK 6
not particularly good / so-so
so that / to the point that
and even / to go so far as to
HSK 7-9
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
even / so much so that
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *PUA* | PUA* | *PUA
(neologism c. 2019) to exert control over (sb) by means of psychological manipulation (e.g. negging) / a person who does so (loanword from "pickup artist")
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爾* | 爾* | *爾
thus / so / like that / you / thou
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
by coincidence / it so happened that / fortunately / against expectation
so / such / this way / like this
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竟* | 竟* | *竟
unexpectedly / actually / to go so far as to / indeed
HSK 7-9
to be so kind as to enlighten me
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
up until now / so far
HSK 7-9
serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
a person who is in poor health cannot handle sth so strong as a tonic
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见, 大快人心, 普天同慶|普天同庆 and 奔走相告
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
(idiom) so that's how it is; I see
not always; not entirely / not necessarily so; not entirely correct
until now; so far
to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
to divert one's attention; to get distracted / (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
so far / up to now / still (not)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *然* | 然* | *然
correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly
so far / to date / until now
HSK 7-9
so-and-so / such-and-such
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
no wonder! / so that's why!
HSK 7-9
(literary) to make it so / to dictate
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
(slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on!
far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
and so on / in a similar fashion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *氕* | 氕* | *氕
protium 1H / light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so atomic weight 1
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
not so good / not too well
(literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many
therefore / thus / so
unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss / daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 側鋒|侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous / ridiculous / absurd
HSK 7-9
so big / such a big
already / to be already so; to have long been the case
if I may be so bold
not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary

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