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HSK
main; principal; major; primary
HSK 2
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  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
HSK 1
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京)
HSK 1
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  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
to participate; to take part; to join
HSK 2
to participate (in sth)
HSK 4
to attend / to participate / present
HSK 4
cipher; secret code / password; PIN
HSK 4
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  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline
HSK 5
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
HSK 5
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
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  *市* | 市* | *市
market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
HSK 2
to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
(in) return / reciprocation / payback / retaliation / to report back / to reciprocate
HSK 5
to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
HSK 4
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  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating
HSK 7-9
principle / theory
HSK 5
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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *则* | 则* | *则
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items
HSK 7-9
to discipline sb / to punish / disciplinary action / to deal with (a matter) / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL: 次
HSK 5
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed
HSK 4
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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  *项* | 项* | *项
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
HSK 4
to study under; to be a disciple of / lineage of instruction
Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪)
(idiom) disciples; followers
discipline
HSK 4
to discipline; to regulate through discipline / discipline / (sociology) institutionalized system of discipline
disciple; apprentice
disciple; follower
HSK 7-9
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  *料* | 料* | *料
material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess
HSK 6
to expect / to anticipate
HSK 5
lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
participant
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence
(idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle)
Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪)
townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions) / small towns (general sense)
disciple / follower / hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
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  *解* | 解* | *解
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection
HSK 6
apprentice / disciple
HSK 6
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
same principle
(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
HSK 6
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
to decipher / to decode / to interpret
HSK 7-9
to teach / to impart / a disciple / descendant
HSK 7-9
according to reason / in principle
Dongli suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
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  *雨* | 雨* | *雨
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京)
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  *嶒* | 嶒* | *嶒
lofty / precipitous
to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest
HSK 6
general principle
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of
HSK 7-9
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
(law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and companies are accorded the same treatment as nationals or domestic goods, services and companies within the host country
recipient
unscrupulous; unprincipled
to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会)
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  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
to anticipate; to expect / expectations
HSK 7-9
Tianjin municipality (short name 津)
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  *鲟* | 鲟* | *鲟
sturgeon / Acipenser sturio
ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
participant
(telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
orthodoxy; tradition / orthodox; traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate
to decipher; to decode
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
both principal and interest / capital plus profit
precipice / overhanging cliff
HSK 7-9
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
secret know-how / key (to longevity) / secret (of happiness) / recipe (for success)
HSK 7-9
to foresee / to anticipate
HSK 7-9

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