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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
to amend / to alter / to modify
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脩* | 脩* | *脩
variant of
HSK 3
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
maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain
HSK 4
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
(at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
HSK 5
to build / to construct
HSK 5
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
(of an academic course) required / compulsory
HSK 6
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
to revise
HSK 7-9
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to mend
HSK 7-9
optional course (in school)
to repair / to refurbish / to renovate / to refit / to mend / to rebuild
contemplation / meditation
(education) to major in; major
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
to practice Daoism
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
surname Xiu
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to study at school
to overhaul / to examine and fix (a motor) / to service (a vehicle)
amendment / revised draft
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
to reconstruct / to repair / to revamp / to revise / to retake a failed course
to amend a law
required course; compulsory course
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
revised edition (of a book)
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)
rhetoric
to renovate / to repair (a building)
overhaul
to do research work / to engage in advanced studies
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
repair shop
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
to repair in a rush / rush repairs
pedicure
member of religious order / frater
correction fluid
to compile and edit
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
figure of speech
old and in a state of disrepair (idiom) / dilapidated
to study on one's own / self-study
not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner
to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul
manicure
Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
annual repairs and maintenance
convent
to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
rhetoric
Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
to study / to practice
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
to build / to repair
to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
to compile / to compose
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
monastery / convent
to repair earthworks
revisionism
(literary) matchmaker
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
Yongxiu county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
(literary) long and arduous (road)
to build
to repair / to renovate
auto repair
to have a shave / to enhance the appearance of the face
to compile and revise / to inherit and develop
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
variant of 束脩
disrepair
to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
revise / revised
to practice (an activity) / to perform
to retouch images / image retouching
monasticism
guarantee period / warranty period

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