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  *里* | 里* | *里
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里
HSK 1
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  *电* | 电* | *电
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
HSK 1
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
HSK 1
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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
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  *早* | 早* | *早
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
HSK 1
evening / night / CL: 個|个 / in the evening
HSK 1
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  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
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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
morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
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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
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  *九* | 九* | *九
nine / 9
HSK 1
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  *晚* | 晚* | *晚
evening / night / late
HSK 1
early morning / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
evening meal / dinner / supper / CL: , 頓|顿, ,
HSK 1
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  *头* | 头* | *头
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
evening party / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Good night! / Good evening!
HSK 2
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  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
early morning / CL: 個|个 / also pr. [zao3chen5]
HSK 2
evening meal; dinner / CL: , 頓|顿,
HSK 2
evening newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
HSK 2
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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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun
HSK 2
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  *准* | 准* | *准
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to train / to drill / training / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
from beginning to end / all along
HSK 3
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
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  *初* | 初* | *初
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
HSK 4
lightning / CL:
HSK 4
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
to cultivate / to train / to groom / training
HSK 4
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
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  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
learning / science / academic / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
earnings / profit
HSK 4
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  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
training class
HSK 4
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline
HSK 5
early morning
HSK 5
bright / shining / glittering / to become clear
HSK 5
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
opening ceremony
HSK 5
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming
HSK 6
window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground
HSK 6
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
running water; tap water
HSK 6
in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk
HSK 6
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
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  *码* | 码* | *码
weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
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  *坑* | 坑* | *坑
pit; hollow; depression / (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel / (literary) to bury alive / (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
HSK 7-9
meaningful content / implication / (semantics) connotation / inner qualities (of a person)
HSK 7-9
to calculate the running total / cumulative / the total / in total
HSK 7-9
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
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  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
opportunity / turning point / juncture
HSK 7-9
to run through / a connecting thread from beginning to end / to link
HSK 7-9
arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon)
HSK 7-9
condiment / seasoning / flavoring
HSK 7-9
the whole distance / from beginning to end
HSK 7-9
daughter's husband; son-in-law
HSK 7-9
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning
HSK 7-9
dusk / evening / nightfall
HSK 7-9
reasoning / inference / to infer / to deduce
HSK 7-9
to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
HSK 7-9
the same evening
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
peninsula
HSK 7-9
to lecture (on branch of learning)
HSK 7-9
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
hollow / emptiness / meaningless
HSK 7-9
fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
HSK 7-9
to shake / to shock / to stun / shocking / stunning / shock
HSK 7-9
to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
HSK 7-9
to seep in / to influence / to nurture / influence / training
HSK 7-9
very early in the morning / in the wee hours
HSK 7-9

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