| | 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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| | 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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| | (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, 套, 檔|档 | HSK 2 |
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| | large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams | HSK 2 |
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| | 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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| | action / conduct / behavior / activity | HSK 2 |
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| | to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL: 項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc | HSK 2 |
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| | (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals | HSK 3 |
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| | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | 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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| | high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm | HSK 4 |
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| | noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke | HSK 4 |
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| | to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline | HSK 4 |
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| | learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL: 門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships) | HSK 4 |
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| | act / action / activity / move / movement | HSK 5 |
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| | to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) | HSK 6 |
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| | heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) bustling with activity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to engage in social activities; to socialize / dinner party; banquet; social engagement | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability | |
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| | Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities | |
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| | to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run | |
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| | economic activity | |
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| | Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations) | |
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| | to criminalize (an activity) | |
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| | genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities | |
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| | classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) | |
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| | (chemistry) activity / active / activated | |
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| | to be linked to fraudulent activity | |
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| | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) | |
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| | opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc | |
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| | to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) | |
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| | extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA | |
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| | to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place | |
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| | to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting | |
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| | to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription | |
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| | river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity) | |
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| | to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions) | |
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| | writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity | |
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| | lair; den (of illegal activities) | |
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| | free time (between organized activities) | |
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| | to practice (an activity) / to perform | |
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| | opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity | |
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| | energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect | |
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| | agricultural activities | |
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| | lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay | |
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| | memorial activity 35 days after a person's death | |
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| | in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity | |
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| | (of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout | |
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| | to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously | |
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| | final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) | |
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| | to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual | |
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| | Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day | |
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| | police classification / subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc) | |
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| | a place buzzing with activity (idiom) | |
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| | (fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence | |
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| | (of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consuming alcohol | |
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| | lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom) | |
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| | (of an activity) off-line (not done over the Internet) | |
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| | disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹) | |
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| | (neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity) | |
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| | minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc) | |
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| | (neologism, c. 2020) to arrange an intensive schedule of activities for one's child to maximize achievement / a child subjected to such a regimen / (dialect) chick | |
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| | Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion | |
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| | sports / sporting activity | |
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| | fishing (as a commercial activity) | |
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| | final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise) | |
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| | charity event / public service activities | |
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| | family vacation with an emphasis on activities for parents and children | |
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| | to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime | |
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| | Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity | |
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| | social activity | |
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| | place for activities (playground, event venue etc) | |
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| | volcanic activity / volcanism | |
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| | business activity / commercial activity | |
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| | Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美) | |
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| | covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations | |
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| | sabotage; subversive activities | |
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| | activity | |
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| | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences | |
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| | sunspot activity / solar variation | |
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| | aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity) | |
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| | egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春 etc) / to stand an egg on its broad end | |
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| | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | |
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| | to criminalize (an activity) | |
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| | appreciating the arts / esthetic activity | |
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| | sexual activity | |
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| | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime | |
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| | to keep watch (during a clandestine activity) / to be on the lookout | |
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| | cultural and recreational activities (Tw) | |
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| | criminal activity | |
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| | lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities | |
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| | (astronomy) the moon's path around the earth / legitimate, lawful activities (contrasted with 黑道) / law-abiding citizenry | |
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