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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *信* | 信* | *信
letter / mail / CL: / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
HSK 2
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  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important
HSK 1
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon
HSK 1
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
HSK 4
will; willpower; determination
HSK 5
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *必* | 必* | *必
certainly / must / will / necessarily
HSK 5
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
(saying) doing good deeds in secret will eventually bring rewards
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
inevitably there will be
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) / fig. who will emerge victorious
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / undoubtedly will
HSK 7-9
public opinion / popular will / public will
HSK 6
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
eternal glory / will never be forgotten
the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff
popular feeling / the will of the people
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
(in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
providence / the Will of Heaven
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
that's that; that's it; that will do
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to
long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation
lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
malice / ill will
a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
(Internet slang) if this is an infringement of copyright, please notify me and I will remove it
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb) / fig. everything will be all right
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
to detain sb; to hold sb against their will / to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)
HSK 7-9
rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
(Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! (used when it's unknown what time the reader will see one's post, or just to be cute)
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
Maitreya / the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
will / resolution / aspiration
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 be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
free will
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
to endure with all one's will / to hold out / rigid / stiff
destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)
ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing
(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂)
if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy; if she likes to eat spicy, she will have a girl (idiom)
practicable / realizable / will work
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little

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