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HSK
to accomplish / to achieve
HSK 2
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
HSK 2
achievement / performance records / grades / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 2
tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc)
HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
to reach; to achieve; to attain
HSK 3
result / achievement / gain / profit / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個|个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
HSK 3
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
HSK 4
proud (of one's achievements etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奏* | 奏* | *奏
to play music / to achieve / to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *创* | 创* | *创
to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people)
HSK 7-9
achievement; accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
HSK 7-9
(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
HSK 7-9
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
major achievement / great work / triumphant success
HSK 7-9
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc) / to be envious / envy
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
HSK 7-9
to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
performance / results / achievement
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烈* | 烈* | *烈
ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
crash (course) / accelerated (process) / quick (fix) / instant (success) / to achieve in a short time
military achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp. win-loss record in sports)
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
large inscribed stele / fig. great achievement / imperishable masterpiece
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
(political) achievements / track record
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
a look (achieved by applying makeup)
to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)
lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
(sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society)
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
glorious achievement (idiom)
to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
to achieve or accomplish goals
to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards; to achieve gains
to take the credit for sb's achievement
(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office
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.
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓍* | 蓍* | *蓍
yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
difficult birth / (fig.) difficult to achieve
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
Achim (son of Zadok in Matthew 1:14)
(literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant; outstanding
achievements and crimes
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.
to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel
fully content with one's achievements (idiom) / complacent
suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment
to check up on sb's achievements
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
please help achieve something (formal)
meritorious achievement
brilliant (exploit); meritorious (achievement)
It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc) / to be envious / envy
to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那)
achievements and virtue
achievement
"double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰 and carbon neutrality 碳中和 / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
(literary) to achieve success
sense of achievement
Achilles' heel / chink in the armor
to take credit for sb else's achievements
achieving nothing
(neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement / a child subjected to such a regimen / (dialect) chick
heel tendon of mammals / Achilles tendon
one that has achieved the way / emperor
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

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