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  *间* | 间* | *间
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
HSK 1
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  *中* | 中* | *中
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right
HSK 1
on the body / at hand / among
HSK 1
the middle; the inside / in the middle; within; between; among / during; in the meantime
HSK 1
among / in / included among these
HSK 2
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  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
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  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
HSK 3
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
among / in the middle / in the center
HSK 3
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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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
(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
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
HSK 5
to correspond / answering (one another) / to agree (among the part) / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / (modify) accordingly
HSK 5
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
to be included among those selected for
HSK 7-9
to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings)
to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group)
baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities
to rank among the best
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  *仲* | 仲* | *仲
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
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  *孟* | 孟* | *孟
first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc)
within it / among them
to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few)
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
(idiom) to consider it a pleasure to be among the first to read (or watch or enjoy)
Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia / refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde / see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄 (history)
internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
to win the hearts of the people / to be popular among the masses
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China
shaman among the Yi ethnic group
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
a giant among men (idiom)
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
not living up to expectations (idiom) / failing to inspire confidence among people / unpopular
(idiom) eldest, second, third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers
to stand out among one's peers (idiom) / to excel
lit. joint eaters / a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)


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