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HSK
occasionally / once in a while / sometimes
HSK 5
idol
HSK 5
incidentally / occasional / occasionally / by chance / randomly
HSK 5
puppet
HSK 7-9
a married couple
parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偶* | 偶* | *偶
accidental / image / pair / mate
puppet / figure
to choose a spouse
random accident / chance event
to meet by chance
chance / fortuity / serendipity
zhangtou wooden rod puppetry
parity / odd and even
ragdoll (cat breed)
not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case
(literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse
to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court
even function (math.)
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
casual offender / casual offense
parity (odd or even)
puppet show
happily married couple
dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
spouse
HSK 7-9
even number
to happen upon / to see incidentally / occasional / accidental
idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers
artiodactyl (zoology)
(math.) duality
marionette
accidentally / once in a while / very occasionally
toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
puppet show
stuffed toy; rag doll
Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生
dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
thermocouple
to contend for a mate
coincidence
puppet show
to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule
early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
idol (i.e. statue for worship)
glove puppet (Tw)
too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)
chain reaction (chemistry)
(loanword) oh my God!
mascot costume
glove puppet / CL:
occasionally / once in a while
chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
an unhappy couple (formal writing)
burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol
dual polyhedron
puppet burial object / wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb
moment of forces (mechanics)
puppet show


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