|  | one  / single  / a (article)  / as soon as  / entire; whole; all; throughout  / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)  / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | also; too; as well; (not ...) either   / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)   / (literary) particle having functions similar to  啊  | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to introduce (sb to sb)  / to give a presentation  / to present (sb for a job etc)  / introduction   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to go to class  / to attend class  / to go to teach a class   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)  / (bound form) first; original; primary  / (bound form) basic; fundamental  / (bound form) constituent; part  / (prefix) meta-  / (math.) argument; variable  / era (of a reign)  / (Tw) (geology) eon   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | water   / (after a name) ... River   / to swim (used mostly in  會水|会水 and  水性)   / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy   / (bound form) additional cost; extra income   / classifier for washings of a garment   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | of; ~'s (possessive particle)   / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)   / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)   / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in  皮革的 "one made of leather" or  跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or  新的 "new one")   / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to be (followed by substantives only)  / correct; right; true  / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well  / (adverb for emphatic assertion)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | (in) the same place  / together; in company (with)  / altogether; in total  / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to go  / to go to (a place)  / (of a time etc) last  / just passed  / to send  / to remove  / to get rid of  / to reduce  / to be apart from in space or time  / to die (euphemism)  / to play (a part)  / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth  / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)  / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | from; through; via  / (bound form) to follow  / (bound form) to obey  / (bound form) to engage in (an activity)  / (used before a negative) ever  / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant  / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate  / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to go online  / to connect to the Internet  / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet  / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | straight (in a straight line)  / continuously; always; all the way through   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to pull  / to play (a bowed instrument)  / to drag  / to draw  / to chat  / (coll.) to empty one's bowels   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | front   / forward   / ahead   / first   / top (followed by a number)   / future   / ago   / before   / BC (e.g.  前293 年)   / former   / formerly   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | good  / appropriate; proper  / all right!  / (before a verb) easy to  / (before a verb) good to  / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so  / (verb complement indicating completion)  / (of two people) close; on intimate terms  / (after a personal pronoun) hello   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | (pronoun) this; these  / (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)  / (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | (of a student) to start school  / (of a semester) to begin  / (old) to found a school  / the start of a new term   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | down  / downwards  / below  / lower  / later  / next (week etc)  / second (of two parts)  / to decline  / to go down  / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)  / measure word to show the frequency of an action   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to make; to produce  / to write; to compose  / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)  / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)  / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for  / to assume (an air or manner)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | 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 exist; to be alive  / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at  / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | surely  / certainly  / necessarily  / fixed  / a certain (extent etc)  / given  / particular  / must   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to obtain  / to get  / to gain  / to catch (a disease)  / proper  / suitable  / proud  / contented  / to allow  / to permit  / ready  / finished   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | wall (CL: 面, 堵)   / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive:  被牆|被墙)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | ordinal number  / day of a month  / mark  / sign  / business establishment  / size  / ship suffix  / horn (wind instrument)  / bugle call  / assumed name  / to take a pulse  / classifier used to indicate number of people   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | ten thousand  / a great number   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | many; much; more; a lot of  / too many; in excess  / (after a numeral) ... odd  / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])  / (bound form) multi-; poly-   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | north  / the northern part a country  / China north of the Yellow River   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | very; quite  / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to make a circuit  / to circle  / circle  / circumference  / lap  / cycle  / complete  / all  / all over  / thorough  / to help financially   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to go out; to come out  / to arise; to occur  / to produce; to yield  / to go beyond; to exceed  / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)  / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | (after a noun) between; among; amid   / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g.  彈指之間|弹指之间)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to come down  / (completed action marker)  / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)  / (indicates continuation from the past towards us)  / to be harvested (of crops)  / to be over (of a period of time)  / to go among the masses (said of leaders)   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | mountain pass  / to close; to shut; to turn off  / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)  / to concern; to involve   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to reach; to arrive  / to leave for; to go to  / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)  / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)  / considerate; thoughtful; thorough   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to eat; to consume  / to eat at (a cafeteria etc)  / to eradicate; to destroy  / to absorb  / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | -ly  / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to advertise   / a commercial   / advertisement   / CL: 項|项 | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to circle  / to go back  / to turn around  / to answer  / to return  / to revolve  / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)  / time  / classifier for acts of a play  / section or chapter (of a classic book)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to wait for; to await  / by the time; when; till  / and so on; etc.; et al.  / (bound form) class; rank; grade  / (bound form) equal to; same as  / (used to end an enumeration)  / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | ticket (for a bus or train)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | coin   / money   / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael  兩|两  | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally  / to fail; to go bankrupt  / to overthrow  / to change (trains or buses)  / to move around  / to resell at a profit   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | 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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 |  | to sense  / perception  / to feel (through the senses)  / to experience  / a feeling  / an impression  / an experience   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to save; to economize; to be frugal  / to omit; to delete; to leave out  / province  / provincial capital  / a ministry (of the Japanese government)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop   | HSK 3  | 
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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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 |  | half  / semi-  / incomplete  / (after a number) and a half   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to hold a meeting  / to attend a meeting   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to feel happy  / to rejoice  / to have a great time  / to make fun of sb   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | one of (sth)  / one out of a multitude  / one (third, quarter, percent etc)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | in fact  / in reality  / actually  / as a matter of fact  / de facto  / ipso facto   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to emphasize (a statement)  / to stress   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | a moment  / a while  / in a moment  / now...now...  / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)  / (bound form) individual   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to divide; to separate   / to distribute; to allocate   / to distinguish (good and bad)   / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in  分局)   / fraction   / one tenth (of certain units)   / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm   / minute (unit of time)   / minute (angular measurement unit)   / a point (in sports or games)   / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | the day after tomorrow   / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with  先天)   / acquired (not innate or congenital)   / a posteriori   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to open  / to show (a ticket)  / to turn on  / to switch on   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to have a meal  / to eat  / to make a living   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | actually   / place   / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc   / that which   / particle introducing a relative clause or passive   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | many  / a lot of  / much   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | from childhood; from a young age   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | just recently  / just a moment ago   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | ability; talent  / sb of a certain type  / a capable individual  / then and only then  / just now  / (before an expression of quantity) only   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | standard; norm; criterion  / (adjective) standard  / good; correct; conforming to a standard   | HSK 3  | 
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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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 |  | to hold; to grasp   / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate   / handlebar   / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch   / classifier for things with handles   / (used to put the object before the verb:  把 + {noun} + {verb})   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to resemble  / to be like  / to look as if  / such as  / appearance  / image  / portrait  / image under a mapping (math.)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc)  / article, report or program etc on a specific topic   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | how much  / how many  / several  / a few   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to research  / to check  / to investigate  / to examine  / to refer to  / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | name (of a person or thing)   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to help  / to lend a hand  / to do a favor  / to do a good turn   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | dissatisfied; discontented; resentful  / (before a number) to be less than   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | stature; height; size (of a person or object)  / (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | how (wonderful etc)  / what (a great idea etc)  / however (difficult it may be etc)  / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)  / to what extent   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | evening newspaper  / (in a newspaper's name) Evening News   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose)  / specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)  / (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | a man   / a male   / men   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | not just; not limited to  / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | home   / family   / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)   / classifier for families or businesses   / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China   / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian   / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | (of time) how long?  / (not) a long time   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | only  / merely  / no more than  / but  / however  / anyway (to get back to a previous topic)  / cannot be more (after adjectival)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to win a prize (in a lottery etc)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to blow  / to play a wind instrument  / to blast  / to puff  / to boast  / to brag  / to end in failure  / to fall through   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a  詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)   / (coll.) dictionary   / CL: 本 | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | (bound form) commander-in-chief  / (bound form) to lead; to command  / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant  / (coll.) cool!; sweet!  / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to send out  / to show (one's feeling)  / to issue  / to develop  / to make a bundle of money  / classifier for gunshots (rounds)   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | 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  | 
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 |  | eye (CL: 隻|只, 雙|双)   / (often used with  一) a look; a glance   / small hole   / (bound form) salient point   / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | to go down  / to descend  / to go on  / to continue  / (of a servant) to withdraw   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)  / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)   | HSK 3  | 
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