| | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs | HSK 1 |
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| | seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5] | HSK 4 |
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| | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) | HSK 1 |
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| | else / other | HSK 1 |
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| | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper | HSK 1 |
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| | really / indeed | HSK 4 |
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| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if (coming after a conditional clause) | HSK 2 |
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| | have plenty of / there's no lack of | HSK 3 |
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| | to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
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| | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) | |
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| | identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 + ... + 的身份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | HSK 4 |
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| | generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on | |
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| | (chemistry) amount of substance | |
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| | (taboo curse) damn it! / fucking | |
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| | possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的 | |
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| | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun 的命) / CL: 次 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (old) wife | |
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| | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? | |
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| | lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides | |
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| | darlings / fans / followers / short form of 親愛的們|亲爱的们 | |
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| | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
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| | standard / norm / criterion | |
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| | all one's strength | |
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| | sometimes / at times | |
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| | to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom) | |
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| | (coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage | |
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| | what for / why / how | |
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| | (coll.) food | |
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| | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
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| | Get along with you! | |
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| | destination (location) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) no secret can be kept forever | |
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| | couple who were made for each other | |
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| | to tell the truth / honestly / in fact | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Minecraft (video game) | |
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| | lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease | |
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| | spilt water / (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved / spilt milk | |
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| | white lie | |
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| | target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain | |
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| | to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼ 的大門|∼ 的大门) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ | |
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| | the great majority | |
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| | qualitative leap | |
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| | lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease | |
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| | damn it! / blast it! | |
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| | lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together | |
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| | if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it | |
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| | to be quite an ordeal; to be hard to bear | |
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| | money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) | |
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| | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | |
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| | lit. as if flying / very fast | |
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| | trivial (matters) / triviality / nonsense / rubbish | |
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| | (saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent | |
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| | Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) | |
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| | for the sake of / for the purpose of | |
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| | the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked) | |
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| | darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom) | |
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| | male taxi driver / cabbie (slang) | |
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| | bulging | |
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| | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with | |
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| | Game of Thrones (TV series) | |
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| | lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen | |
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| | motorcycle taxi | |
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| | (slang, originally northeast dialect) excellent; great | |
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| | Baltic | |
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| | lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions. | |
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| | the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw | |
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| | Baltic Sea | |
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| | You're really quite something! / You're just amazing! | |
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| | Midea (brand) | |
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| | multipurpose | |
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| | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted | |
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| | (in the expression 看在 + ... + 的份上) for the sake of ...; considering ... | |
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| | Cardiff | |
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| | Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密 | |
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| | lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
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| | odd-jobs worker | |
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| | to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard | |
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| | the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story) | |
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| | reliable funds | |
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| | ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser | |
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| | curse word / four-letter word / esp. the "national swear word" of China, namely 他媽的|他妈的 | |
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