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any; whatever; whichever
HSK 3
whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of / not to discuss
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凡* | 凡* | *凡
ordinary / commonplace / mundane / temporal / of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) / every / all / whatever / altogether / gist / outline / note of Chinese musical scale
HSK 7-9
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
to do whatever is expedient
to grant whatever is asked for / to accede to every plea
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甚* | 甚* | *甚
excessive; undue / to exceed; to be more than / very; extremely / (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
to have no news whatever
If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.
(idiom) do as you see fit / do whatever you like / (I, we) leave it in your hands
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
(colloquial) whatever / come what may
to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
What a scandal! / Whatever next?
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance
A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
(coll.) whatever / who cares
anything / whatever
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom); fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest


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