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movement; motion; action (CL:個|个) / to act; to move
HSK 1
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  *当* | 当* | *当
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
HSK 2
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
to act on; to affect / action; function; activity / impact; result; effect / purpose; intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用, inhibition
HSK 2
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  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
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  *为* | 为* | *为
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
HSK 3
matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine
HSK 3
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  *代* | 代* | *代
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
HSK 3
independent / to act for oneself / autonomous
HSK 3
play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場|场
HSK 3
to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場|场,
HSK 3
to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
HSK 4
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
HSK 4
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  *批* | 批* | *批
to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
HSK 4
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
to play the role of / to act
HSK 5
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
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  *托* | 托* | *托
to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee
HSK 6
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  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
HSK 6
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  *据* | 据* | *据
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
HSK 6
lit. to join hands / to act together
HSK 6
to act jointly / to form a partnership
HSK 7-9
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  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)
HSK 7-9
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  *耍* | 耍* | *耍
to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *充* | 充* | *充
sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as
HSK 7-9
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
HSK 7-9
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
HSK 7-9
to peep / to peek / to act as voyeur
HSK 7-9
move; act; measure
HSK 7-9
to act as a guardian
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
to serve as / to act as / to play the role of
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
to act willfully and make a scene / to make trouble
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
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  *佷* | 佷* | *佷
to act contrary to
to act with self-restraint / to examine oneself / to perform a self-test
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  *惠* | 惠* | *惠
(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾)
toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
(of the parts of a machine) to move together / to act in coordination; to be coupled / linkage
to act as regent
to act recklessly / to mess around
savage act / outrage / atrocity
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly
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  *摄* | 摄* | *摄
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for
to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全) / national security act / state security agency
(idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient / overhasty
violent crime / to commit a violent act (assault or murder)
to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires
ready to start on sth / about to act
to act / to play a part
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
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  *虔* | 虔* | *虔
to act with reverence / reverent
to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations)
to act in a play / to put on a play
to impersonate / to act the part of sb / to disguise oneself as sb else
to pretend / to feign / to act a part
to practice diligently / to act energetically
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
amusing speech or act / jokes / antics / funny / amusing / Taiwan pr. [xue1 tou2]
to flip out / to act out violently
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
to act recklessly (idiom)
to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
to act in a fit of pique / to get in a huff / to be peeved
to act as a go between
to act stupid / to pretend to be naive
(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
to be of one mind / to think or act alike
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
meritorious deed / benevolent act
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
to act rashly / to act precipitously regardless of the consequences / reckless / foolhardy / daredevil
to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off
to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders
to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others
external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means / to think and act as one
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together
improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all
(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
to act as host
way of doing sth / behavior / to act in an affected manner / mannerism / gestures in opera
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble
to act boldly
a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
to act tactfully / tactful / discreet

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