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to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
HSK 2
overcoat / topcoat / cloak / CL:
HSK 2
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
HSK 3
maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, ,
HSK 5
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
difference; discrepancy
HSK 6
printer
HSK 6
ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
HSK 7-9
to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
HSK 7-9
saying / famous remark
HSK 7-9
general idea / main idea
HSK 7-9
careless
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
common saying / proverb
HSK 7-9
to leave without saying good-bye
HSK 7-9
chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
HSK 7-9
negligent / careless / inadvertent
HSK 7-9
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
flabbergasted / astonished
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
Meishan Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
first-year university student
good news
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
(idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
Huaying, county-level city in Guang'an 廣安|广安, Sichuan
Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
noise
procaine (nerve blocking agent) (loanword)
to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound
insincerity; hypocrisy / insincerely
hemp garment
Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Xingang or Hsinkang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Xiayi county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
Daying county in Suining 遂寧|遂宁, Sichuan / Great Britain
unification (of the nation) / large scale unification
common saying / idiom
narrow sense / restricted sense
ant
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing
one's speaking voice / tone / implication
forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner
gums / gingiva
uniform / to standardize
Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Dabu County in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong / Dabu or Tabu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts
of Asian descent
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
to slip / to drift
words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate
outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different
stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014
an old saying
anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
tea drink; tea-based beverage
floriculture; art of flower arrangement
to express or convey one's ideas
odd jobs / part-time worker
to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
dentist
Bügür nahiyisi or Luntai county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
to camp / to pitch camp / stationed / quartered / Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2]
Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Budai (the Laughing Buddha) / Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different
the art of tea
bailiff of feudal yamen
stamp / official seal
Hoxud county, Xoshut nahiyisi or Heshuo county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
wise saying; words of wisdom
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
common saying
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
cute / adorable / charming (loanword from Japanese)
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
folk saying / proverb
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur

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