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sudden; abrupt; unexpected
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *串* | 串* | *串
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across
HSK 6
suddenly; abruptly
HSK 7-9
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
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  *猛* | 猛* | *猛
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome
HSK 6
suddenly; abruptly
suddenly; abruptly
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  *勃* | 勃* | *勃
flourishing / prosperous / suddenly / abruptly
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  *奄* | 奄* | *奄
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
suddenly / abruptly
HSK 7-9
lofty; towering / sudden; abrupt
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乍* | 乍* | *乍
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
to crop up / to pop up / to emerge abruptly
to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly
suddenly / abruptly / agitatedly / excitedly / vigorously
suddenly / unexpectedly / abruptly / precipitously / stumbling
to feel suddenly / to realize abruptly
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly
a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
to rush to conclude a matter / to end up abruptly
to change suddenly; to change abruptly
suddenly / abruptly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倏* | 倏* | *倏
sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]
(literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound) / to be loud and clear
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  *猝* | 猝* | *猝
abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
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  *骤* | 骤* | *骤
sudden / unexpected / abrupt / suddenly / Taiwan pr. [zou4]
hurried; hasty; abrupt


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