| | 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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| | 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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| | to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet | HSK 2 |
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| | to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) | HSK 1 |
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| | mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL: 張｜张, 個｜个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | HSK 3 |
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| | 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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| | green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子｜绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | HSK 2 |
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| | to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound | HSK 1 |
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| | to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact | HSK 6 |
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| | spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 2 |
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| | cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL: 根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL: 縷｜缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | HSK 3 |
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| | to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over | HSK 6 |
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| | to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online) | HSK 5 |
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| | to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) | HSK 5 |
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| | (coll.) to pout (esp. in sulky displeasure) | |
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| | to expound Buddhist teachings | HSK 5 |
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| | to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic | HSK 5 |
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| | the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character | |
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| | complex / compound / composite / hybrid / to compound / to combine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | compound word | |
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| | pouch / bag / sack / pocket | HSK 4 |
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| | topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine) | |
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| | philharmonic (used in names of orchestras) / to love music (used in compounds like 愛樂者｜爱乐者 "music enthusiast") | |
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| | to pour into / to empty into | HSK 7-9 |
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| | compound leaf (botany) | |
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| | predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet | |
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| | to choose a spouse | |
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| | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter | |
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| | (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down | |
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| | to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged | |
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| | to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon | |
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| | abiu (Pouteria caimito) | |
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| | to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out | |
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| | compound / composite / cocktail | |
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| | to pour out (emotions) / to unburden oneself (of strong feelings) / to vomit comprehensively | |
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| | chemical compound | |
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| | compound interest | |
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| | to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pound sterling | HSK 7-9 |
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| | poultry / domestic fowl | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to cast (pour metal into a mold) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially | |
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| | organic compound | |
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| | to come pouring in / influx | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | compound phrase | |
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| | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to prove a point / to expound on / to demonstrate or prove (through argument) / proof | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom) / fig. torrent of abuse | |
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| | to cascade down / to flow in torrents / (fig.) outpouring (of emotions) | |
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| | to spend big (on sth) / to pour a lot of money into sth | |
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| | scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) / (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pound into pieces / to mash | |
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| | spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out | |
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| | to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile | |
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| | to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild | |
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| | to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory | |
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| | to elucidate / to explain clearly / to expound | |
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| | to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pour cold water / fig. to discourage | |
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| | compound word | |
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| | (literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse | |
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| | pouring / flooding | |
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| | to pour (concrete etc) | |
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| | embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc / purse / pocket (in clothing) | |
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| | (bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy | |
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| | to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation | |
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| | rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day | |
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| | to pour out one's grievances | |
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| | (neologism) (slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging in a way that excites or resonates deeply; electrifying; intense; pulse-pounding | |
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| | to beat; to pound; to thump | |
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| | when it rains, it pours (idiom) | |
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| | high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) | |
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| | to irrigate / to pour / to install (software) / to record (music) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign | |
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| | combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書｜六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound | |
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| | to sprinkle / to drip / to pour / to drench | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pout / to stick out one's lips | |
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| | ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) | |
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| | to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
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| | to dump; to pour out; to empty out | |
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| | free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc) | |
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| | live poultry | |
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| | (bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to boast / to brag / boastful / exaggerative / pompous / bombastic | |
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| | double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) | |
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| | pour out libation / sprinkle | |
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| | to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文｜说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意｜会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲｜形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注｜转注 (transfer) | |
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| | red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits | |
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| | marsupial pouch | |
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| | prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics) | |
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| | Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽｜关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator | |
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