| | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | HSK 4 |
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| | in a word / in short / in brief | HSK 4 |
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| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | HSK 4 |
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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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| | inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during | HSK 5 |
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| | under / beneath / less than | HSK 5 |
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| | inside; within | HSK 5 |
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| | outside / excluding | HSK 5 |
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| | and so on / and such | HSK 6 |
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| | of the utmost importance / of highest priority | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unhealthy tendency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to take advantage of sb's precarious position | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apart from this / in addition to this | HSK 7-9 |
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| | by comparison | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute | |
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| | as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease | |
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| | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip | |
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| | very few; very little | |
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| | to just talk for the sake of talking | |
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| | one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell | |
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| | drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife | |
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| | a land of ceremony and propriety | |
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| | to make administration service-oriented | |
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| | (idiom) to speak with conviction | |
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| | applicable anywhere (idiom) | |
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| | (indicating a fraction) | |
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| | pleasure from helping others | |
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| | hiding place / hideout | |
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| | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation | |
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| | between the two countries; bilateral | |
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| | my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary | |
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| | on the other hand... / conversely... | |
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| | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
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| | tremendous strength (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) rabble; disorderly band | |
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| | on one's deathbed / at the point of death | |
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| | lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service | |
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| | to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom) | |
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| | children's center / children's club | |
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| | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | |
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| | (idiom) 60 years old | |
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| | negligible force (idiom); tiny force | |
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| | partial view; limited outlook | |
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| | a match for ten thousand enemies | |
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| | Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation | |
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| | the Silk Road | |
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| | Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生 | |
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| | intimate matters | |
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| | Ritz (cracker brand) | |
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| | during / at the time of | |
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| | (idiom) homesickness | |
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| | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 | |
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| | physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer | |
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| | person of limited capacity | |
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| | to call it... / known as... | |
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| | Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb | |
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| | seven-year itch | |
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| | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere | |
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| | above | |
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| | to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels | |
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| | thereupon / subsequently / accordingly | |
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| | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | |
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| | the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse | |
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| | Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. | |
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| | a work in a classic style / a pastiche | |
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| | lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one | |
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| | lit. 之, 乎, 者 and 也 (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | one eighth | |
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| | doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things | |
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| | wherever one goes | |
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| | lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment | |
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| | speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear) | |
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| | in a nutshell / to put it briefly | |
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| | the way of maintaining good health | |
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| | limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible | |
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| | a possible period of want or need | |
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| | (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche | |
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| | lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from) | |
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| | to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹) | |
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| | to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose | |
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| | (idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end | |
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