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in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)
HSK 4
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
superfluous / unnecessary / surplus
HSK 7-9
(economics) surplus value
to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
residual heat; remaining warmth / (fig.) lingering enthusiasm
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
aftermath / repercussions / fallout
the remaining people
balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder
HSK 7-9
spare-time education / evening classes
Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
remaining
emperor's carriage
margin / leeway
HSK 7-9
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
hobbyist; amateur
earthquake aftershock
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
Dayu, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市, Jiangxi
ample / plentiful / affluent / relaxed / comfortable circumstances
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
(idiom) more than enough
Yuqing, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
surplus money
remainder / surplus
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
Yuyao, a county-level city in Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
(out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
twilight / afterglow
Yugan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市, Jiangxi
complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
congruent (math.) / having same residue modulo some number
(math.) cosine
the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)
remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
surname Yu
a hundred or more
vestigial residue / a throwback (to a former age)
remnant / leftover / tolerance (i.e. allowed error)
redundancy / redundant
in surplus
surplus / profit
lingering sound
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
remnants after a disaster / aftermath
college for people who attend after work
ample / surplus
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
congruence (math.) / equation for residue modulo some number
to be still angry
one's remaining years
Chinese remainder theorem (math.)
the Remainder Theorem
surplus from donation (accountancy)
to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable
to have lingering fears / trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
lit. to have an abundance of space / room to maneuver (idiom)
litter / trash
residual anger
surplus grain
remainder / fractional part (after the decimal point) / unfinished
pleasant lingering effect / memorable stylishness / haunting tune / aftertaste (of a good wine etc)
richly provided for / having enough and to spare
complement of a set S (math.) / the set of all x not in set S
superfluous
lingering fear
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
remainder; balance
residual radiation
residual contamination
unfinished business
ember
Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
amateur
alternative term for fourth lunar month
energy left over (to do sth else)
lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work / not resting on one's laurels
aftertaste / lingering impression
residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
remnants (of a defeated clique) / rump
to save / savings
after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities

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