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HSK
number / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒麥|烧麦
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
I.D. number
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
to look for trouble
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
bold / open-minded / heroic
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
to bury / funeral rites
to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒賣|烧卖
to feel sb's pulse
to rush / in a hurry / to worry about being late
to lay a finger on sb; to harm sb in the slightest way
to ask for trouble / to invite difficulties
fine hair (on the body); down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛 "to harm sb in the slightest way")
boundless / unlimited
(textiles) to singe
tracking number (of a package shipment)
to overbook (e.g. airline seats) / to oversell
ultramarathon / abbr. for 超級馬拉松|超级马拉松
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)
variant of 身份證號碼|身份证号码 / I.D. number


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