| | to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled | |
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| | (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always | HSK 7-9 |
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| | familiarity at first sight | |
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| | as usual | |
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| | if / in case / in the event that | HSK 2 |
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| | if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom) | |
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| | to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly | |
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| | to be getting worse with each generation | |
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| | as expected | |
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| | to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out | |
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| | similar to; like | HSK 7-9 |
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| | rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其 + {verb1} + 不如 + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}") | HSK 7-9 |
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| | life is but a dream (idiom) | |
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| | lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless | |
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| | Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light | |
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| | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) | |
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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | as follows | HSK 5 |
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| | to be just like | |
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| | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to | HSK 2 |
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| | to arrive as planned / right on schedule | |
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| | nowadays; now | HSK 4 |
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| | intact / untouched / as good as before | |
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| | tears falling like rain (idiom) | |
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| | as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship | |
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| | to be getting worse by the day | |
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| | give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom) | |
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| | steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses | |
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| | (idiom) so that's how it is; I see | |
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| | if only it were so / I hope so (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive | |
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| | if / if one were to say | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as matters stand; things having reached this stage | |
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| | as / as if / such as | HSK 6 |
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| | to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled | |
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| | lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward | |
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| | running as fast as flying | |
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| | if this can be done | |
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| | as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock | |
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| | to regard as an enemy | |
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| | (idiom) teeming with experts | |
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| | lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) | |
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| | to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth | |
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| | (various things) such as / such as (the following) | |
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| | if | HSK 4 |
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| | Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment | |
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| | how / what way / what | HSK 3 |
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| | handling any occasion smoothly (idiom); equal to any situation | |
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| | lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom) / fig. to be very familiar with a matter | |
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| | as if gaining the most precious treasure | |
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| | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern | |
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| | The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如) | |
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| | to respond fluently / to answer smartly | |
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| | the passage of the years / the flow of time | |
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| | sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig | |
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| | it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better | |
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| | sparkling with wit (idiom) | |
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| | flowery | |
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| | like / similar to / as if | |
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| | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power (idiom) | |
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| | just as / precisely as | HSK 5 |
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| | (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured | |
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| | lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) / fig. avaricious / tightfisted | |
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| | four seasons like spring / favorable climate throughout the year | |
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| | lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly | |
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| | (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish | |
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| | (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful | |
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| | thus | |
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| | man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events | |
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| | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / to follow the same plan | |
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| | as things really are / realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | like this; so; such | HSK 5 |
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| | to operate (a machine etc) with ease | |
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| | hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly | |
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| | tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) | |
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| | as the title suggests; as indicated in the title | |
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| | if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes | |
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| | family-like close relationship (idiom) | |
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| | free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver | |
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| | as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind | |
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| | as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue | |
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| | the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom) | |
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| | lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom) / fig. extremely cautious | |
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| | delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite | |
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| | vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life / realistic | |
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| | not only that, but ... | |
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| | fiery | |
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| | being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom) | |
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| | the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom) | |
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| | to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom) | |
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| | ashen-faced (idiom) | |
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| | readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views | |
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| | to handle matters with ease (idiom) / to hold one's own | |
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