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| | for example / for instance / such as | HSK 2 |
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| | for example; for instance; such as | HSK 2 |
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| | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to | HSK 2 |
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| | for example | HSK 2 |
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| | how / what way / what | HSK 3 |
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| | if | HSK 4 |
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| | nowadays; now | HSK 4 |
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| | as follows | HSK 5 |
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| | like / as | HSK 5 |
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| | like this; so; such | HSK 5 |
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| | just as / precisely as | HSK 5 |
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| | as / as if / such as | HSK 6 |
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| | consistent / the same / unvarying | HSK 6 |
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| | to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for example / for instance / such as | 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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| | (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety | HSK 7-9 |
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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. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) / intoxicated by sth / obsessed with / mad about sth / also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means | HSK 7-9 |
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| | similar to; like | HSK 7-9 |
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| | things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as things really are / realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have one's wish fulfilled | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) appropriate / apt / just right | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if / if one were to say | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for example | HSK 7-9 |
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| | like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force | |
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| | lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc | |
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| | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power (idiom) | |
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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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| | lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) | |
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| | it is exactly as | |
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| | (bound form) in a hazy state of mind / (bound form) to snap out of that state / used in 恍如 and 恍若 | |
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| | fiery | |
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| | as before / as ever | |
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| | picturesque | |
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| | (idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless | |
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| | able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer | |
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| | unswerving from start to finish (idiom) | |
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| | flowery | |
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| | to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom) | |
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| | counting one's chickens before they are hatched | |
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| | to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled | |
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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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| | irrefutable evidence | |
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| | thus | |
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| | as scheduled / on time / punctual | |
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| | as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind | |
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| | running as fast as flying | |
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| | (various things) such as / such as (the following) | |
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| | (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) | |
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| | (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish | |
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| | (idiom) to be dead drunk; to be plastered | |
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| | to have one's wishes fulfilled | |
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| | as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / closely associated with each other / to follow relentlessly | |
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| | delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite | |
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| | as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / innumerable / countless | |
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| | just as if | |
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| | like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous) | |
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| | like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable | |
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| | solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding | |
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| | precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state | |
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| | to be just like | |
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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment | |
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| | steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses | |
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| | it would be better | |
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| | to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief | |
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| | to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly / to long for sth | |
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| | in the amount stipulated (by prior agreement) / in full / in the same amount | |
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| | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern | |
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| | things are not as good as they used to be | |
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| | vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life / realistic | |
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| | study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind | |
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| | sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig | |
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| | (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many | |
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| | pouring with rain / rain bucketing down | |
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| | to be at peace with oneself | |
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| | important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone! | |
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| | spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火) | |
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| | Rudong county in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu | |
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| | (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured | |
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| | lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant | |
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| | familiarity at first sight | |
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| | one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused / disconcerted / upset | |
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| | to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage | |
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| | life is but a dream (idiom) | |
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| | stuck together as by glue (of lovers) / joined at the hip | |
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| | lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless | |
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| | the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies! | |
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| | guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home | |
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| | to be as if... / to be rather like... | |
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| | lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice | |
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