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HSK
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
abbr. for Israel 以色列
to give / to impose / to apply
HSK 7-9
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
(literary) why / how
may not
supplemented by / accompanied by / with
(math.) multiplied with
to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
(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
(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
old variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
old variant of
HSK 7-9
to give / to grant
Palestinian-Israeli (relations)
to inflict (punishment) / to provide (training etc) / to apply (pressure etc)
therefore / thus / so
(idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
to get carried away / to forget oneself
to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
(has been) replaced with / (its) place has been taken by
to label / to call
to give in return
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
to rely on / to depend on
(math.) divided by
in order to / so as to
variant of 借以


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