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HSK
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
within / less than
HSK 4
as well as / too / and
HSK 4
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
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to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
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old variant of
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
(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
hard to believe / incredible
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
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abbr. for Israel 以色列
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
Israel
to the east of (suffix)
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
to be left speechless / unable to respond
by way of / to serve as
Ether-
(math.) divided by
not to mind / unconcerned
to label / to call
tens of thousands / numerous
in order to / so as to
to learn from history (idiom)
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
in order to
to the west of (suffix)
to the south of (suffix)
accustomed to / used to
to study sth in order to apply it
to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
to regard it as an honor (idiom)
diligent and tireless (idiom)
to give / to grant
to take sth to be true
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
(literary) why / how
to be lenient with others (idiom)
since birth / for one's whole life
to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
and so on / in a similar fashion
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when water is drying up) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources / mutual help in humble circumstances
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / to long for sth day and night
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
countless / innumerable
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to get carried away / to forget oneself
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
hundreds of
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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