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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *行* | 行* | *行
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
HSK 1
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  *信* | 信* | *信
letter / mail / CL: / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random
HSK 2
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 2
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *必* | 必* | *必
certainly / must / will / necessarily
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *将* | 将* | *将
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
HSK 5
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
will; willpower; determination
HSK 5
will / shall / to be going to
HSK 5
public opinion / popular will / public will
HSK 6
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
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
never / will never
HSK 7-9
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
will to fight / fighting spirit
HSK 7-9
testament / will
HSK 7-9
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / undoubtedly will
HSK 7-9
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *志* | 志* | *志
aspiration / ambition / the will
popular feeling / the will of the people
will / resolution / aspiration
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
(in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
iron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict / (of a person) iron-willed and ready to die
won't work / will get (you) nowhere
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will
intent / intention / will
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (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
lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); to get into trouble on account of a cherished item / fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.
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.
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
to be done / to be ready / that's enough! / that will do!
to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern
eternal glory / will never be forgotten
careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how
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. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
to endure with all one's will / to hold out / rigid / stiff
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
false / untrue to one's convictions / against one's will / disloyal
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. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
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 dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action
(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)
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
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) / fig. who will emerge victorious
providence / the Will of Heaven
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)
to act in collusion (idiom); in cahoots with / villains will look after one another
long time off / time that will never come
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occupation
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
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
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
malice / ill will
(idiom) it will cause no end of trouble
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
to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldy
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
one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom); those upholding justice will find help all around
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
where will it stop?
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
people of good will (idiom); charitable person
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
inevitably there will be
that's that; that's it; that will do
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom)
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice
lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom); fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest
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

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