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  *干* | 干* | *干
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
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  *拉* | 拉* | *拉
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
HSK 2
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  *回* | 回* | *回
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times
HSK 1
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  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
HSK 2
to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
HSK 3
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
HSK 3
same; identical / uniformly; all; without exception
HSK 4
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  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
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  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
optimistic; hopeful
HSK 3
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
HSK 2
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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
easy; straightforward / likely; liable to; apt to
HSK 3
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  *厅* | 厅* | *厅
(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department
HSK 5
individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
HSK 4
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical
HSK 4
to go bankrupt / to close down
HSK 4
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to be good at; to be adept at
HSK 4
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  *图* | 图* | *图
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
HSK 3
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
HSK 5
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt
HSK 5
to adopt / to employ / to use
HSK 3
to describe / description
HSK 4
notebook (stationery) (CL:) / (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑)
HSK 2
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  *冒* | 冒* | *冒
to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth) / to brave; to face / (bound form) reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign / (literary) to cover
HSK 5
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
HSK 4
to grab hold of; to capture
HSK 3
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  *配* | 配* | *配
to join / to fit / to mate / to mix / to match / to deserve / to make up (a prescription) / to allocate
HSK 3
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
to select; to pick / choice; option; alternative
HSK 4
to prompt; to induce; to spur
HSK 4
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
HSK 2
sensitive / susceptible
HSK 5
to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc) / driver; pilot; captain
HSK 5
notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions
HSK 3
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
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  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
promptly; at once
HSK 3
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
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  *经* | 经* | *经
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
invoice; receipt; bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票)
HSK 4
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
unusual; abnormal / extremely; exceptionally
HSK 6
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  *捉* | 捉* | *捉
to clutch / to grab / to capture
HSK 6
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  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
to adapt / to fit / to suit
HSK 3
to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
HSK 4
exception / to be an exception
HSK 5
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
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  *篇* | 篇* | *篇
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
HSK 2
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
title / heading / headline / caption / subject
HSK 3
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  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc)
HSK 6
concept / idea / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
to check for receipt of (an email, an enclosed item in a letter etc) (typically used in the polite imperative, e.g. after 請|请)
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
all / without any exceptions / categorically
HSK 7-9
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  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone)
HSK 6
to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit
HSK 7-9
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  *获* | 获* | *获
(literary) to catch; to capture / (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
HSK 4
to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide
HSK 5
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  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
(fig.) to make empty or unrealistic promises; to engage in unrealistic planning
to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
HSK 6
(filmmaking) script supervisor
attractive; alluring; captivating
HSK 7-9
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
HSK 7-9
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  *出* | 出* | *出
variant of (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
HSK 1
New Year reception
sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best
HSK 7-9
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
(literary) commoner; unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an official degree) / (old) temporary conscript
exceptional; outstandingly good
HSK 7-9
draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent
HSK 6
(sports) to press an opponent in an attempt to win the ball
not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name
HSK 7-9
(Tw) to transition smoothly with no gap, interruption or adjustment period; to move directly from one position, stage or relationship to another; to dovetail seamlessly

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