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HSK
to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
HSK 3
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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
HSK 2
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard
HSK 3
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  *乘* | 乘* | *乘
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed
HSK 5
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  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp; soggy / (coll.) naughty; mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)
HSK 3
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:條|条)
HSK 3
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
crowd
HSK 3
accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個|个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about
HSK 3
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  *局* | 局* | *局
cramped; narrow
HSK 4
staff / crew / personnel / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
difference / to distinguish / to discriminate / to make a distinction / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *订* | 订* | *订
to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order
HSK 3
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  *长* | 长* | *长
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)
HSK 3
character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical
HSK 4
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  *乱* | 乱* | *乱
in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary
HSK 3
grave; serious; severe; critical
HSK 4
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
HSK 1
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  *品* | 品* | *品
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
HSK 5
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  *园* | 园* | *园
land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
HSK 6
microblogging / microblog
HSK 5
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  *搬* | 搬* | *搬
to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately
HSK 3
everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
HSK 3
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)
HSK 4
cipher; secret code / password; PIN
HSK 4
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
credit card
HSK 2
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  *面* | 面* | *面
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
HSK 2
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  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation
HSK 3
to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit
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
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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 issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
to describe / description
HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine / a secret
HSK 4
to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)
HSK 5
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  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
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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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  *爬* | 爬* | *爬
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
HSK 2
crossing / intersection (of roads)
HSK 1
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
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  *暗* | 暗* | *暗
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant
HSK 4
crime / evil / sin
HSK 6
arts and crafts / industrial arts
HSK 5
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (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
to criticize; criticism / CL: ,
HSK 3
heavy / hard / serious / critical
HSK 4
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  *密* | 密* | *密
dense; close; thick / intimate; close / (bound form) secret; confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
HSK 4
park (for public recreation) / CL:
HSK 2
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
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  *尖* | 尖* | *尖
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
HSK 6
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
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  *犯* | 犯* | *犯
to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
HSK 6
crazy; frenzied; wild
HSK 5
user / consumer / subscriber / customer
HSK 5
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  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
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  *岁* | 岁* | *岁
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)
HSK 1
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  *过* | 过* | *过
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-
HSK 1
concrete; specific; detailed
HSK 3
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
to increase / to strengthen
HSK 5
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  *增* | 增* | *增
(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
HSK 5
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
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  *挤* | 挤* | *挤
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
HSK 5
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
HSK 4
trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint
HSK 6
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  *罪* | 罪* | *罪
guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
HSK 6
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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
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  *土* | 土* | *土
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
HSK 3
course credit
HSK 4
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  *场* | 场* | *场
large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams
HSK 2
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  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
to describe; to depict; to portray / depiction; portrayal
HSK 4
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
HSK 4
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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
sunshine / (of personality) upbeat; energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny)
HSK 3
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
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  *擦* | 擦* | *擦
to rub; to scratch / to wipe; to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc)
HSK 4
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  *抓* | 抓* | *抓
to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch
HSK 3
to raise; to increase
HSK 3
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
creative / creativity
HSK 6
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
HSK 4
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  *题* | 题* | *题
topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
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  *超* | 超* | *超
to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross / ultra- / super-
HSK 6
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  *哭* | 哭* | *哭
to cry; to weep
HSK 2
set meal / (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
HSK 4
to forge (metal) / (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
HSK 6

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