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HSK
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
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
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
within / less than
HSK 4
and; as well as
HSK 4
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
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
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
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
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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 give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
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
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
to the north of (suffix)
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
people-oriented
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abbr. for Israel 以色列
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
Israel
to regard it as an honor (idiom)
(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
tens of thousands / numerous
to label / to call
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
in the proper order / the following
sub-Saharan Africa
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
(math.) multiplied with
thousands (of sth)
to the west of (suffix)
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
in order to / so as to
Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
accustomed to / used to
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
and so on / in a similar fashion
diligent and tireless (idiom)
in order to
(math.) divided by
Book of Isaiah
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
(literary) why / how
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
hard to endure / unbearable
to the south of (suffix)
not to mind / unconcerned
to learn from history (idiom)
by way of / to serve as
to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
Book of Ezra
to take sth to be true
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
to be left speechless / unable to respond
to study sth in order to apply it
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
Israel-Syria
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom); a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile
to be lenient with others (idiom)
to provide work to relieve poverty
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)

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