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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou )
HSK 3
to rise / to go up / to ascend
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
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  *升* | 升* | *升
to ascend; to rise (variant of ) / to promote; to elevate (variant of )
HSK 3
milliliter
HSK 4
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  *盆* | 盆* | *盆
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 and 8 , approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
to go up by one grade; to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade
HSK 6
to enter the next grade school
HSK 6
to rise in value / to appreciate
HSK 6
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
HSK 6
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
to clamber up / (of prices etc) to rise
HSK 7-9
to rise rapidly / to soar
HSK 7-9
to promote to a higher position
HSK 7-9
to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc)
HSK 7-9
to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
HSK 7-9
rising and falling
to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion
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  *合* | 合* | *合
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng or liter, or one-hundredth dou
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  *斗* | 斗* | *斗
dry measure for grain equal to ten or one-tenth of a / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of
to raise a flag / to hoist a flag
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
to raise / to hoist / to rise
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
promotion / upgrade
to leap to (a higher position etc) / to jump / (of a plane) to ascend
ascending order
peaceful
to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
flag raising ceremony
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion
to get promoted (at work etc) / promotion
to be promoted to
to get promoted
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)
to rise / to ascend / to leap up
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
extent of an increase / percentage rise
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
rising (sun, moon etc)
ascending colon (anatomy) / first section of large intestine
to promote (sb) / to upgrade / to ascend
exaltation
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level
to ascend progressively
(idiom) to kick sb upstairs
liter
to promote
to adjust upward / to upgrade / (price) hike
to rise rapidly / to shoot up
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  *曻* | 曻* | *曻
variant of 昇|升
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小學生升入初中生|小学生升入初中生)
liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
deciliter
to rise rapidly / to shoot up
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
lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity
an upturn / an upward trend
Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
centiliter
to cause (prices etc) to rise
upside / potential to rise
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
to ascend slowly
global warming
(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)
to progress to (a higher-level school)
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
rising prices / bull market
(finance) to raise interest rates
mercuric chloride (HgCl)
to get a flight upgrade
(music) sharp (♯)
to pass away (of an emperor)
(idiom) the whole world is at peace
microliter / to increase slightly
helipad
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east / fig. at sunset
to get a promotion


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