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HSK
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive / hard-working; conscientious
HSK 2
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *试* | 试* | *试
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劝* | 劝* | *劝
to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尝* | 尝* | *尝
to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once
HSK 5
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
to attempt / to try / attempt / CL: 種|种
HSK 6
lame (unimpressive) / a huge letdown / not to try at all
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
HSK 7-9
to try by all available methods
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
a trial / to try sb
HSK 7-9
to show off / to try to be brave
HSK 7-9
well-tried / time-tested
refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *审* | 审* | *审
to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
HSK 7-9
to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom
HSK 7-9
friendly one-upmanship / to try to emulate
making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out / to do one's utmost
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
to mount a psychological attack / to try to demoralize / to try to win over / to try to persuade / (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
to look for a bargain / to seek advantage / to try to gain at expense of others
to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape
HSK 7-9
to try out a restaurant and film a video to share on the Internet
to have a try
to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
(coll.) to try to
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck
to try one's best to do sth (idiom)
to be trying to get pregnant
to try to find out; to trace; to track down
to try to form friendly ties with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
to work hard / to try to make a living
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
to try in vain / futile attempt
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
to try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc)
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
to (try to) find the time to
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
to rush (to do sth urgent) / to try to be the first / to forestall
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
to try harder / to redouble one's efforts
(coll.) to cultivate good relations with sb / to try to gain favor with sb
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
to give it a try
to retry / to try again
inquest / trial / interrogation / to try / to interrogate
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
to try one's utmost / to strive
to try one's luck / to leave sth to chance
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
to examine; to investigate; to try to determine
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
to butter sb up / to try to impress sb
lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
to try hard to catch up
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
Cai E (1882–1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军, which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯, who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
to try out (a game, toy etc)
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
to try to please
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
(law) to try (a criminal case) and reach a conclusion

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