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HSK
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
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
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
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
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
and; as well as
HSK 4
within / less than
HSK 4
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
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
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
(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
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
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  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
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
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object / to disapprove / to take exception to
HSK 7-9
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
to do at all costs / to make an all-out effort
HSK 7-9
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
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  *㕥* | 㕥* | *㕥
old variant of
HSK 7-9
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  *㠯* | 㠯* | *㠯
old variant of
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Eleazar (son of Eluid)
to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)
(math.) divided by
an Israeli / an Israelite
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
may not
therefore / thus / so
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
(literary) why / how
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  *以* | 以* | *以
abbr. for Israel 以色列
to kill sb for a trifle
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
since the beginning of history
to rely on / to depend on
and so on / in a similar fashion
since ancient times
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
by way of / to serve as
diligent and tireless (idiom)
not to mind / unconcerned
in order to / so as to
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
thousands (of sth)
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
(of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short / in a nutshell
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
to study sth in order to apply it
to give in return
tens of thousands / numerous
elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic
accustomed to / used to
to barter / barter
(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
to give / to grant
how can this be endured! (idiom)
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
hundreds of
Ethernet
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
to provide work to relieve poverty
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
more than half
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
to regard it as an honor (idiom)
to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)

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