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  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
means of transportation / vehicle
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
sea / ocean
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *很* | 很* | *很
very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
HSK 1
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *务* | 务* | *务
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凭* | 凭* | *凭
to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof
HSK 5
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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
sergeant (loanword)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伊* | 伊* | *伊
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair
to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文)
to play hide-and-seek
HSK 7-9
Santorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
Pythagorean theorem
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
string bean / snap bean / green bean
Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
cleaning rag / also pr. [mo3 bu4]
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛 as largest island
sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage
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  *PUA* | PUA* | *PUA
(neologism c. 2019) to exert control over (sb) by means of psychological manipulation (e.g. negging) / a person who does so (loanword from "pickup artist")
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *义* | 义* | *义
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
at the same time; meanwhile
HSK 7-9
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
cesarean birth
peanut butter
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
green bean / French bean / runner bean
Caribbean Sea
not at all; by no means
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
kidney bean
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
to nail securely / to execute by means of impalement / to crucify
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
mid-ocean ridge (geology)
lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all
coffee beans
to mean / to imply
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
base / mean / contemptible / despicable
HSK 7-9
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
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  *明* | 明* | *明
bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
vacuum cleaner
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
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  *倾* | 倾* | *倾
to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
original meaning / original intention
(Tw) nanometer / nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
ocean / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things
pointless / meaningless / unnecessarily
wide-angle / panoramic / fig. wide perspective / panorama
valine (Val), an essential amino acid
(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
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
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
birth by caesarean section
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
potato (CL:個|个) / (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗)
HSK 5
public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生
mung bean
by means of; through; by
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
by no means
household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic
deep and profound meaning
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
HSK 7-9
hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean
mean value theorem (in calculus)

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