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HSK
seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
HSK 4
similar; analogous
HSK 3
similar; alike
HSK 3
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
it seems; seemingly; as if
HSK 4
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *似* | 似* | *似
used in 似的
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *似* | 似* | *似
to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than
to look as if; to seem
HSK 7-9
extremely / unworthy (self-deprecatory term)
lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless
resemblance
to surpass / better than / superior to
fleeting years (idiom)
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to approximate; to be similar
delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite
as if / to seem
snowy
lit. as if flying / very fast
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
to be bustling with customers
resemblance / similarity
similar in shape and appearance
to strikingly resemble
HSK 7-9
the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
to not really understand / to half-understand
stuck together as by glue (of lovers) / joined at the hip
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly / to long for sth
maximum-likelihood estimation (statistics)
similar in expression and spirit / to bear a remarkable resemblance to
to resemble / to look like
see 活像
the sun shines fiercely
like gold or jade (idiom) / gorgeous / lovely / splendorous
with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
just like / exactly like
synonym
to be suspected to be
approximate solution
tender and soft as water / deeply attached to sb
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
(used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地) like (X); as if (X) / Taiwan pr. [si4de5]
to be better than
to appear to be / to seem as if
variant of 仿似
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *似* | 似* | *似
old variant of
to simulate / to emulate
nucleoid (of prokaryotic cell)
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
Xenocyprioides, genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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