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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
to build / to construct
HSK 5
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
to decorate / interior decoration / to fit up / to renovate
HSK 4
to mend
HSK 7-9
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
(literary) matchmaker
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
premodifier (grammar)
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
to practice (an activity) / to perform
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
rhetoric
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
friar; frater
amendment / revised draft
to amend the constitution
not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
surname Xiu
member of religious order / frater
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to revise
HSK 7-9
to retouch images / image retouching
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
(education) to major in; major
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
to repair / to refurbish / to renovate / to refit / to mend / to rebuild
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
revised draft / new version (of a document)
revised edition (of a book)
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
to compile / to compose
correction fluid
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to build
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
overhaul
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
pedicurist
guarantee period / warranty period
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
optional course (in school)
monastery / convent
to take a course
required course; compulsory course
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
to overhaul / to examine and fix (a motor) / to service (a vehicle)
manicure
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
revisionism
genetic modification
refurbishment; renovation
to repair earthworks
contemplation / meditation
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
to amend a law
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
to practice Daoism
to revise downward
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
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 cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
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)
(education) to minor in; minor
to revise
to prune / to trim
pedicure
revised edition / revised version
to compile and edit
Xiushui, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市, Jiangxi
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
figure of speech
research worker / researcher
to study at school
order (of monks)
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 / to repair
a cobbler
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
to do research work / to engage in advanced studies
to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
to repair in a rush / rush repairs
monasticism
manicure
tinker
abbot
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)

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