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HSK
to spread extensively / to generalize / widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive
HSK 3
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
and; as well as
HSK 4
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth)
HSK 4
to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *及* | 及* | *及
and / to reach / up to / in time for
HSK 7-9
to spread to / to involve / to affect
HSK 7-9
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers
HSK 7-9
to take into consideration / to attend to
HSK 7-9
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
HSK 7-9
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
HSK 7-9
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
HSK 7-9
to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
HSK 7-9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)
Egypt
Antigua and Barbuda (Tw)
to pass an imperial examination
to bring disaster upon
to anticipate / forecast / expectation / anticipation
to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
Algeria
to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon
(literary) to be of benefit to
transitive (grammar)
(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]
to extend (everywhere)
to fall short of / not as good as / too late
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to involve / to affect
to hope to reach; to strive for
by the time that
to touch (physically, one's feelings etc) / to touch on (a topic)
too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
to be caught off guard / without warning
to bring disaster to
Algiers, capital of Algeria
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth)
there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it
P.S. / postscript
impossibly stupid
can't wait
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
to mention / referring to
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) / fig. too late for regrets
to talk nonsense (idiom) / frivolous talk
not expected at the outset (idiom) / unforeseen / to be surprised by the turn of events
Egyptologist
to make reference to; to mention
to talk about / to mention
Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
to ask / to plead / to beg / to involve
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
to extend to
within reach
transitive verb
as far as the eye can see
intransitive verb
what one can see
unattainable / far-fetched / out of reach / exceedingly remote or distant
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem
in my humble opinion
to harm the innocent (idiom)
not mentioned
(idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible
nobody can compete with; unmatched by anybody; without rival
to care for other's children as one's own
Nigeria (Tw)
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
Algerian
beyond one's power (to do sth)
what one can see
(of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to (a less pressing consideration)
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom) / irrelevant
passing line or score (in an examination)
chickpea
not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse
to fail / to flunk
Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)
timeliness / promptness
(loanword) gill (unit)
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
Egyptology
(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to spread; to extend
popularization of science
in my humble opinion (idiom)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents

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