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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *包* | 包* | *包
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
HSK 2
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *份* | 份* | *份
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of
HSK 2
to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
HSK 3
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *反* | 反* | *反
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *而* | 而* | *而
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
HSK 4
opposite / contrary
HSK 4
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
to undertake / to accept a contract
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
contradiction / CL: 個|个 / conflicting views / contradictory
HSK 5
to complete a contract / to reach a deal
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偏* | 偏* | *偏
to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啦* | 啦* | *啦
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples
HSK 6
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *券* | 券* | *券
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
HSK 6
to dissolve / to resolve (contradictions) / to dispel (doubts) / to iron out (difficulties) / to defuse (conflicts) / to neutralize (fears)
HSK 6
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乖* | 乖* | *乖
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *逆* | 逆* | *逆
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
HSK 7-9
ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military)
HSK 7-9
(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
HSK 7-9
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
to contract / to undertake (a job)
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缩* | 缩* | *缩
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
HSK 7-9
to conflict / to contradict
HSK 7-9
taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捂* | 捂* | *捂
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *患* | 患* | *患
to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry
HSK 7-9
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
to go against / to be contrary to / to violate
HSK 7-9
contrast; discrepancy
HSK 7-9
to contract (an illness) / to be afflicted with / to suffer from
HSK 7-9
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
HSK 7-9
clause (of contract or law) / CL: 項|项
HSK 7-9
but on the contrary / but expectedly
HSK 7-9
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
HSK 7-9
(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
HSK 7-9
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *□* | □* | *□
(Tw) (coll.) cool / awesome / (etymologically, a contracted form of 不一樣|不一样) / often written as ㄅㄧㄤˋ
a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text
to contract / to abbreviate / abbreviation
fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *堪* | 堪* | *堪
(bound form) may; can / (bound form) to endure; to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆)
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烘* | 烘* | *烘
to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *契* | 契* | *契
to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed
labor contractor / gangmaster
abbr. for 期貨合約|期货合约, futures contract (finance)
to contradict (elders or superiors)
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佷* | 佷* | *佷
to act contrary to
(neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衬* | 衬* | *衬
(of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially
to take medicine orally / oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced
second party (law) (contrasted with 甲方)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *诡* | 诡* | *诡
(bound form) sly; crafty / (literary) weird; bizarre / (literary) contradictory; inconsistent
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驳* | 驳* | *驳
variegated / heterogeneous / to refute / to contradict / to ship by barge / a barge / a lighter (ship)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甭* | 甭* | *甭
(contraction of 不用) need not; please don't
to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
to put out to contract
engagement / wedding contract
to construct under contract
to contract for an entire project
seller (in contracts)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘦* | 嘦* | *嘦
if only / so long as / (contraction of and )
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嫡* | 嫡* | *嫡
(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with )
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
to go against the wind / contrary wind / a headwind
buyer (in contracts)
according to / in the light of / contrast
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壤* | 壤* | *壤
(bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven )
to renew a contract / contract extension
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覅* | 覅* | *覅
contraction of 勿要 / must not / please don't
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舆* | 舆* | *舆
(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy ) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair; palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舛* | 舛* | *舛
mistaken / erroneous / contradictory
the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism)
to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
to serve as a foil; to set off / a foil; a contrast
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孬* | 孬* | *孬
(dialect) no good (contraction of + )
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
to break a promise / breach of contract
to face childbirth / about to give birth / refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions

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