| | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | HSK 1 |
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| | you (plural) | HSK 1 |
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| | goodbye / see you again later | 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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| | to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) | HSK 1 |
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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 (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) | HSK 1 |
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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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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | 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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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | 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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| | oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning | HSK 2 |
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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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| | (once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway | HSK 2 |
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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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| | (classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台 | HSK 3 |
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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 one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 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 ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | HSK 3 |
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| | everybody / all (guests, colleagues etc) / all of you | HSK 3 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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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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| | (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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| | excellent / superior | HSK 7-9 |
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| | easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words / You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | you might as well (do it) / simply / just | HSK 7-9 |
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| | rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | HSK 7-9 |
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| | just a very few (idiom); tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | 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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| | to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon | |
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| | you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom) | |
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| | special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you) | |
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| | pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) / shaddock / oriental grapefruit | |
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| | (Internet slang) thank you (loanword) | |
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| | post (office) / mail | |
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| | glaze (of porcelain) | |
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| | (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink) | |
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| | lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it. | |
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| | with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect | |
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| | Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc) / used in 呦呦 | |
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| | lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝) | |
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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 / that (preceding a noun) | |
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| | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth) / may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
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| | friend | |
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| | light carriage / trifling | |
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| | thus / so / like that / you / thou | |
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| | uranium (chemistry) / Taiwan pr. [you4] | |
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| | predecessor / forebears / the person facing you | |
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| | (duck) | |
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| | shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom) | |
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| | What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) | |
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| | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
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| | lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? | |
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| | 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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| | to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it | |
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| | to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) | |
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| | may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) | |
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| | thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all | |
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| | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
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| | unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. | |
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| | to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning | |
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| | fault / mistake | |
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| | you let me win (said politely after winning a game) | |
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| | you (in a formal letter) | |
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| | park / to limit / be limited to | |
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| | (literary) to induce; to entice | |
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| | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
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| | as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet | |
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| | (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals | |
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| | just a very few (idiom); tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. | |
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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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| | you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) | |
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| | reply / thank-you speech | |
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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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| | interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you! | |
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| | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] | |
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| | you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相, 海水不可斗量 | |
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| | if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom) | |
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| | europium (chemistry) | |
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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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| | lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss | |
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| | grievous / relaxed | |
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| | dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分) | |
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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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| | You county in Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan | |
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| | lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you | |
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| | As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare | |
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| | you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) | |
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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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| | 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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