| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 4 |
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| | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) | |
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| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | |
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| | afterwards / following / later / after | |
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| | between / among / inter- | |
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| | outside / excluding | |
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| | (indicating a fraction) | |
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| | and so on / and such | |
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| | inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during | |
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| | the reason why | |
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| | to call it... / known as... | |
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| | during / at the time of | HSK 6 |
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| | above | |
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| | apart from this / in addition to this | |
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| | in a word / in short / in brief | HSK 5 |
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| | Ritz (cracker brand) | |
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| | the Silk Road | |
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| | on the other hand... / conversely... | HSK 6 |
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| | thereupon / subsequently / accordingly | |
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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 6 |
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| | moreover / in addition to that | |
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| | before that / beforehand / previously | |
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| | unsolved mystery | |
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| | to substitute for sb / to remove and replace | |
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| | a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely | |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | |
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| | for this reason | |
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| | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere | |
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| | over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time | |
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| | Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖｜书圣 | |
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| | to be effective (idiom) | |
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| | an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation | |
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| | of the utmost importance / of highest priority | |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 6 |
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| | in other words | |
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| | second (in a competition) / occupying second place | |
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| | the way of maintaining good health | |
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| | top priority job / matter of vital importance | HSK 6 |
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| | a person with knowledge and experience (idiom) | |
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| | (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche | |
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| | (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey | |
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| | knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge | |
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| | before then / up until that point | |
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| | troubled times / eventful period | |
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| | lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed | |
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| | uninvited or unexpected guest | |
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| | to tell sb / to inform | |
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| | the road one must follow or take / the only way / same as 必由之路 | |
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| | Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster | |
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| | unhealthy tendency | |
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| | Voice of America (VOA) | |
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| | nodding acquaintance | |
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| | to make a conscious effort / to do something deliberately | |
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| | to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase | |
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| | in a fit of pique / in a fury | |
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| | contrary to expectation / unexpected | |
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| | vice versa | |
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| | the road one must follow or take / the only way | |
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| | lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort | |
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| | lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from | |
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| | in the unseen world of spirits / mysteriously and inexorably | |
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| | Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician | |
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| | period of ... years | |
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| | The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) | |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | |
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| | invincible position | |
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| | one hundred percent / totally (effective) | |
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| | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point | |
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| | lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences | |
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| | impossible to get rid of | |
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| | ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) | |
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| | Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress | |
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| | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip | |
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| | a possible period of want or need | |
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| | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | |
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| | Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生 | |
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| | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere | |
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| | Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb | |
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| | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | |
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| | extremely | |
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| | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞｜莎士比亚 | |
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| | priceless treasure | |
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| | to know very little about | |
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| | justice is to be found everywhere (idiom) | |
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| | master of the house / family head | |
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| | very few / very little | |
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| | to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom) | |
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| | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose | |
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| | in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly | |
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| | to do one's best / to shape up / to behave / to fend for oneself / you're on your own | |
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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區｜黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | |
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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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| | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | in a moment of desperation | |
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| | family love and joy / domestic bliss | HSK 6 |
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| | a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect | |
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| | after this / afterwards / next | |
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