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  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
reality; actuality / real; actual / realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
HSK 3
to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
HSK 4
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  *碎* | 碎* | *碎
(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble / broken; fragmentary; scattered / garrulous
HSK 5
according to the situation / pragmatic / random
HSK 7-9
fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc)
HSK 7-9
to deal with concrete matters / pragmatic
HSK 7-9
quagmire
HSK 7-9
scattered and fragmentary / scraps / odds and ends
aperture / diaphragm / halo / aureole
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  *芦* | 芦* | *芦
rush / reed / Phragmites communis
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  *瓣* | 瓣* | *瓣
petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc
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  *齑* | 齑* | *齑
finely chopped meat or vegetables / powdered or fragmentary
diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert
(TCM) middle burner, the part of the body within the abdominal cavity (between the diaphragm and the navel, including the spleen and stomach)
chip; fragment; splinter; tatter
fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces / sporadic; scattered
a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
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  *苇* | 苇* | *苇
reed / rush / Phragmites communis
fragments / particles
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  *琐* | 琐* | *琐
fragmentary / trifling
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
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  *屑* | 屑* | *屑
bits / fragments / crumbs / filings / trifling / trivial / to condescend to
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  *碴* | 碴* | *碴
fault / glass fragment / quarrel
fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing
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  *膈* | 膈* | *膈
diaphragm (anatomy)
to set up an independent regime / to secede / segmentation / division / fragmentation
fragments; bits and pieces
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
shrapnel; shell fragment
(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
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  *砟* | 砟* | *砟
fragments
to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
section / fragment / segment
stalagmite
fragment
(geology) magma
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
opportunism / pragmatism
diaphragm (anatomy)
fragmented / disorganized / incoherent
bits and pieces / scattered fragments
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
sparse and fragmentary
odd / piecemeal / fragmentary
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
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  *虀* | 虀* | *虀
fragment / salted vegetables / spices
extant fragment (of book)
to act according to whatever is the current outlook / pragmatic / unprincipled
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  *糆* | 糆* | *糆
variant of 麵|面 / rice noodles / rice fragments
fragmentary recollections / miscellaneous notes
fragment / shard
(TCM) upper burner, the part of the body within the thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm, including the heart and lungs)
pragmatism
to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
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  *璅* | 璅* | *璅
fragmentary / trifling
in fragments
a dripstone (geology) / stalactites and stalagmites
diaphragm (anatomy)
annual meeting / annual general meeting (AGM)
diaphragm
diaphragm (anatomy)
defragmentation (computing)
lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
pragmatics
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
disordered and fragmentary
hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
improvisation / flexible / adaptable / pragmatic
diaphragm (anatomy)
magma dome
lava, magma or other molten material (metal, glass etc)
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
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  *肓* | 肓* | *肓
region between heart and diaphragm
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  *芩* | 芩* | *芩
Phragmites japonica
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  *葭* | 葭* | *葭
reed / Phragmites communis
fission fragment


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