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  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
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  *受* | 受* | *受
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom
HSK 3
to get / to obtain
HSK 2
undoubtedly; without doubt
HSK 5
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  *呀* | 呀* | *呀
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
HSK 4
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
underground; subterranean / covert; clandestine
HSK 4
obviously / plainly / undoubtedly / definitely
HSK 5
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
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  *债* | 债* | *债
debt / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 6
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  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt
HSK 3
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  *减* | 减* | *减
to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish
HSK 4
(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts
HSK 7-9
to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit
HSK 7-9
(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually shallow, insincere and subtly competitive; fake besties; frenemies
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  *获* | 获* | *获
(literary) to catch; to capture / (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
HSK 4
to demand repayment of a debt; to collect a debt
to come by; to obtain through some means
to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
HSK 6
to start to have doubts; to grow suspicious
to major (in a field) / to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
HSK 7-9
hard to come by; not easily obtained; hard-won
(literary) commoner; unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an official degree) / (old) temporary conscript
not to distinguish; to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age
debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness
HSK 7-9
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  *攻* | 攻* | *攻
to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top
HSK 7-9
question / interrogation / doubt
HSK 4
(coll.) low-key; subtle; unobtrusive
hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt
HSK 7-9
angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view
HSK 7-9
(of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous
HSK 7-9
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
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  *赖* | 赖* | *赖
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
HSK 6
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
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  *账* | 账* | *账
account / bill / debt / CL: 本, 筆|笔
HSK 6
yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions) / (literary) yellow earth; loess / (literary) the underworld
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从 + {noun} + 入手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive; to obtain; to buy
HSK 7-9
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
(lit.) to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / (fig.) to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions
HSK 7-9
to settle a debt
hesitation / misgivings / doubt
HSK 7-9
sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage
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  *微* | 微* | *微
tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
(coll.) without doubt; for sure
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts
to be bound to / undoubtedly will
HSK 7-9
subtraction
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
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  *固* | 固* | *固
hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly
thumbtack
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)
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
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  *刨* | 刨* | *刨
to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract
HSK 7-9
to obtain permission
to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-9
subtle
HSK 7-9
a doubtful point
HSK 7-9
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
cannot be doubted (idiom)
body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments)
HSK 7-9
subtropical (zone or climate)
percentage of votes obtained
easily obtained / readily available
certainty / without a doubt
debtor
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  *乎* | 乎* | *乎
(classical particle similar to 於|于) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗, 吧, 呢, expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
to believe firmly / without any doubt
HSK 7-9
without the slightest doubt
to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom) / absolute certainty about sth
(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)
in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture
minus / to subtract
associate senior professional title; person holding such a title (abbr. for 副高級職稱|副高级职称) / (meteorology) subtropical high (abbr. for 副熱帶高壓|副热带高压)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
to owe a debt / debt / obligation
to leave no trace / seamlessly / unobtrusively
foreign debt; external debt / debt owed to sb outside one's own household or organization
to owe a debt / balance due / debts
ignorant / doubt stemming from ignorance / (a summer insect has no word for ice, Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
British telecom / BT
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
subterranean / underground
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

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