| | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | HSK 1 |
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| | (bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | HSK 1 |
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| | to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) | HSK 1 |
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| | to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup | HSK 2 |
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| | you (plural) | HSK 1 |
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| | everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you | HSK 3 |
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| | to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | HSK 3 |
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| | goodbye / see you again later | HSK 1 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) | HSK 1 |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt | HSK 1 |
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| | to thank / thanks / thank you | HSK 1 |
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| | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) | HSK 1 |
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| | oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning | HSK 2 |
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| | (once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway | HSK 2 |
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| | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome | HSK 1 |
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| | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] | HSK 2 |
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| | to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel | HSK 3 |
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| | only have ...; there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | HSK 3 |
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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | HSK 1 |
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| | thank you (humorous phonetic rendering of the English phrase) | |
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| | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | HSK 6 |
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| | (Internet slang) if you don't like it, don't flame; please don't attack me if you disagree | |
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| | lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me | HSK 5 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (lit.) an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / (fig.) time is precious | |
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| | (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you | |
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| | (saying) you reap what you sow | |
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| | the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later | |
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| | excellent / superior | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
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| | (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that / (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克) / (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗) | |
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| | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom) | |
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| | fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy | |
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| | (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) | |
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| | (neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity) | |
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| | modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong) | |
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| | (interjection) fuck you / (intensifier) fucking | |
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| | you get what you pay for | |
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| | to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning | |
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| | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! | |
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| | thus / so / like that / you / thou | |
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| | you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony | |
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| | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) | |
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| | friend | |
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| | serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang) | |
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| | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
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| | see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) | |
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| | Lu You (1125–1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets | |
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| | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | whatever you like / to do as one pleases | |
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| | you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) | |
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| | you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) | |
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| | never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) | |
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| | rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
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| | much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom) | |
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| | lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year) | |
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| | with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect | |
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| | lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law | |
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| | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway | |
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| | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal | |
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| | reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human | |
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| | mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect. | |
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| | wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence) | |
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| | (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc) | |
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| | listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom) | |
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| | What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. | |
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| | lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience | |
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| | lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts | |
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| | not to forgive easily / not to let off / (You, He) won't get away with it! | |
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| | lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks | |
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| | Get along with you! | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) | |
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| | as you see fit / to do as one likes | |
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| | error / fallacy / misconception / scoundrel / You swine! | |
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| | what are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth? | |
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| | to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem | |
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| | you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot | |
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| | honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them / fig. (of goods) 100% genuine | |
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| | lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much. | |
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| | lit. peace when you come or go / peace wherever you go | |
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| | to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it | |
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| | (saying) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger | |
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| | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | |
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| | (idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us | |
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| | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
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| | If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it. | |
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| | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! | |
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| | (archaic) you all | |
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| | (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country | |
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| | to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along. | |
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| | you're too kind; you flatter me | |
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| | according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like | |
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| | you (in a formal letter) | |
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| | study hard and every day you will improve (idiom) | |
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| | refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb) | |
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