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HSK
straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
HSK 2
unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant
HSK 3
one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / diverse / in profusion / numerous and confused / pell-mell
HSK 4
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  *力* | 力* | *力
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
HSK 3
continuous / in a row / serial / consecutive
HSK 3
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  *那* | 那* | *那
surname Nuo
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
continuous cropping; to plant the same crop continuously on the same land
continuous cropping; to plant the same crop continuously on the same land
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  *连* | 连* | *连
to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with , etc) even / company (military)
HSK 3
(of time) to elapse; to pass / (of a situation) to develop; to evolve / to shift; to slide; to move smoothly and continuously along a surface
HSK 7-9
(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
HSK 7-9
(idiom) continuous; unending
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) / repeatedly; continuously; constantly
day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop
HSK 7-9
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
discontinuous; discrete
lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort / assiduous (in study) / to concentrate
(idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
to repeat errors / to continue blundering / to make continuous mistakes
(idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
HSK 7-9
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous
continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
HSK 7-9
intermittent / off and on / discontinuous / stop-go / stammering / disjointed / inarticulate
HSK 7-9
a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous / openhearted / unselfish / magnanimous / broad-minded
repeatedly / again and again / continuously / constantly
HSK 7-9
strenuously / persistently / hard / painful
continuously circling one another / to buzz around
continuously arising / to arise repeatedly
HSK 7-9
(onom.) chirp / twitter / buzzing / to chatter continuously
continuous / uninterrupted
continuous function
to extend continuously
very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable
solid line / continuous line
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous
continuous casting (metallurgy)
to require effort / strenuous
HSK 7-9
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
continuously / persistently / incessantly
(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住)
vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome
absolutely continuous (math.)
to link / to peg (currency) / gang (gears) / continuously / serial verb construction
forming a continuous sheet / continuous / contiguous / closely grouped
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  *绵* | 绵* | *绵
silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)
continuous / on and on / running
in succession / one after another / continuously
continuous / endless
continuous / unceasing
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  *绎* | 绎* | *绎
continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old)
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  *累* | 累* | *累
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous / openhearted / unselfish / magnanimous / broad-minded
(literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous; exerting great force
to use (two words etc) together / to use (sth) continuously
to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
continuous / uninterrupted
mechanics of a continuous medium / fluid mechanics
half-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear)
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  *澬* | 澬* | *澬
to rain continuously
continuous and patient effort (idiom)
continuous monitoring
big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated
long and continuous (coastline, sound etc) / extensive / prolonged
to admonish strenuously
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
to rise and fall in succession (idiom) / repeating continuously
(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county 青神, Sichuan
continuous; unending
continuous blowing of the wind
sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转
variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg


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