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HSK
misfortune / adversity / unfortunate / sad / unfortunately / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
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  *被* | 被* | *被
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游 to "go on a trip")
HSK 3
camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow
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
it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately
HSK 5
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  *巧* | 巧* | *巧
opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely
HSK 3
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  *便* | 便* | *便
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to : then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
HSK 6
opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck
HSK 4
opportunity / chance / occasion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
fortunate; lucky / good fortune; luck
HSK 3
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  *福* | 福* | *福
good fortune / happiness / luck
HSK 3
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  *调* | 调* | *调
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
HSK 3
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  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
(Internet slang) to stage humorous antics or creative stunts (esp. for online audiences)
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
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  *相* | 相* | *相
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
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  *运* | 运* | *运
to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
HSK 5
secret passage; hidden tunnel
to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency
HSK 5
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
opportunity / turning point / juncture
HSK 7-9
to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately
HSK 5
very impressed; stunned; amazed / to astonish; to impress greatly
(folk religion) to divine by drawing fortune sticks or divination lots
employment opportunity / job opening
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  *亏* | 亏* | *亏
to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
HSK 5
fortunately / luckily
HSK 7-9
Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
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  *机* | 机* | *机
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
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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
Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
fortunately
HSK 7-9
fortunately
HSK 7-9
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
HSK 6
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  *雷* | 雷* | *雷
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
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  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
(knocked) unconscious / dazed / stunned
HSK 6
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  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat
HSK 6
a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement; a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
HSK 6
to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately
HSK 7-9
fortune cookie
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
to take the opportunity / to take a plane
intimidating; fearsome / (fig.) awe-inspiring; breathtaking; stunning
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  *腔* | 腔* | *腔
(bound form) cavity / (bound form) speech; talk / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
HSK 7-9
one's fortune (in astrology)
to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship) / an experience (esp. adverse)
HSK 6
disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
upper part of the body / to put on (clothes on the upper body) / (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
greenhouse / polytunnel
HSK 7-9
Manchou township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
Dongshi or Tungshih township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕, thorium Th90 釷|钍, protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤, uranium U92 鈾|铀, neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎, plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚, americium Am95 鎇|镅, curium Cm96 鋦|锔, berkelium Bk97 錇|锫, californium Cf98 鐦|锎, einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿, fermium Fm100 鐨|镄, mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔, nobelium No102 鍩|锘, lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹
too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
to comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
HSK 7-9
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
out of one's wits (idiom) / distracted / stunned
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
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  *凑* | 凑* | *凑
to gather together, pool or collect / to happen by chance / to move close to / to exploit an opportunity
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of sb's misfortune / to loot
bad luck / misfortune / adversity
HSK 7-9
to suffer the painful loss of (a loved one etc) / to miss out on (an opportunity) / to fail to gain (victory etc)
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
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  *錼* | 錼* | *錼
neptunium (chemistry) (Tw)
by coincidence / it so happened that / fortunately / against expectation
to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
HSK 6
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
to suffer / to meet with (sth unfortunate)
HSK 6
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
to look for an opportunity
fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor
the character 8 or / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance
HSK 7-9
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
fortunes rise and fall; times change
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
to look for an opportunity
rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
to seize an opportunity
HSK 7-9
good fortune / a blessing
HSK 7-9
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  *曲* | 曲* | *曲
tune / song / CL:
HSK 7-9
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
frozen earth / permafrost / tundra
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  *患* | 患* | *患
to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry
HSK 7-9

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