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HSK
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
remainder / surplus
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餘* | 餘* | *餘
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
(literary) I; me / variant of 餘|余
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
surname Yu
surplus / profit
balance / cash surplus
to have an abundance
a hundred or more
(idiom) more than enough
to save / savings
remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
after school / extracurricular
redundancy / redundant
to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
in surplus
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
ample / plentiful / affluent / relaxed / comfortable circumstances
crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks
variant of 盈餘|盈余
lit. to have an abundance of space / room to maneuver (idiom)
(of one's time) idle; unoccupied
Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
Dayu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
remnants after a disaster / aftermath
congruent (math.) / having same residue modulo some number
Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
richly provided for / having enough and to spare
kitchen waste / food waste (recycling)
surplus from donation (accountancy)
free / vacant / unoccupied
superfluous


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