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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
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to build / to construct
HSK 5
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
to decorate / interior decoration / to fit up / to renovate
HSK 4
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
to revise
HSK 7-9
revised edition / revised version
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
to mend
HSK 7-9
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
optional course (in school)
(literary) matchmaker
premodifier (grammar)
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
required course; compulsory course
to retouch images / image retouching
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
to study / to practice
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
friar; frater
amendment / revised draft
to build
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
surname Xiu
member of religious order / frater
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
variant of
HSK 3
to amend the constitution
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
(education) to major in; major
to take a course
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
figure of speech
to repair / to refurbish / to renovate / to refit / to mend / to rebuild
repair shop
revised draft / new version (of a document)
to compile / to compose
correction fluid
Xiuwu, a county in Jiaozuo City 焦作市, Henan
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to practice (an activity) / to perform
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
pedicurist
rhetoric
Odysseus
overhaul
to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
rhetoric
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
guarantee period / warranty period
Xiushui, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市, Jiangxi
to amend an ordinance (abbr. for 修改條例|修改条例)
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
monastery / convent
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
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
manicure
genetic modification
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
to repair earthworks
to amend a law
to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
to study at school
to practice Daoism
to revise downward
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
to revise
to repair / to renovate
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
disrepair
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition
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 prune / to trim
revisionism
(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)
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
religious order
(of a person) beautiful inside and out
(education) double major
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
to overhaul / to examine and fix (a motor) / to service (a vehicle)
to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations
to build / to repair
a cobbler
annual repairs and maintenance
to do research work / to engage in advanced studies
manicure
tinker

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