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HSK
to amend / to alter / to modify
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
variant of
HSK 3
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
to decorate / interior decoration / to fit up / to renovate
HSK 4
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
to build / to construct
HSK 5
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
to revise
HSK 7-9
to mend
HSK 7-9
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
auto repair
to prune / to trim
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
to repair in a rush / rush repairs
monastery / convent
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
to study / to practice
to practice Daoism
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
to repair / to refurbish / to renovate / to refit / to mend / to rebuild
overhaul
to build / to repair
to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
to practice (an activity) / to perform
(education) to major in; major
to have a shave / to enhance the appearance of the face
member of religious order / frater
to revise
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
disrepair
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
to build
Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
pedicure
to study at school
rhetoric
to amend the constitution
not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner
to compile and edit
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
to do research work / to engage in advanced studies
revise / revised
to make level; to make even; to trim
to compile and revise / to inherit and develop
to repair earthworks
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
contemplation / meditation
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
monasticism
to restore (an ancient temple)
revised edition (of a book)
to take a course
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
religious order
manicure
(education) to minor in; minor
to become revisionist
Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
to compile / to compose
to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
repair shop
to amend a law
Odysseus
variant of 束脩
(Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅|修罗 fought the gods; (fig.) a scene of cruelty and carnage; (slang) emotionally charged confrontation (esp. one involving a love triangle)
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
figure of speech
voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
Odysseus, hero of Homer's Odyssey
Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
revisionism
Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
refurbishment; renovation
seminary (Christian college)
a cobbler
correction fluid
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)

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