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HSK
to invent / an invention / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
development / growth / to develop / to grow / to expand
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 2
to make a speech / statement / utterance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to issue / to publish
HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing / to develop; to promote; to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
HSK 3
to set off / to start (on a journey)
HSK 2
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect / a discovery
HSK 2
to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
HSK 4
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
HSK 3
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
invoice; receipt; bill / uniform invoice (abbr. for 統一發票|统一发票)
HSK 4
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
to become inflamed / inflammation
HSK 6
to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission
HSK 5
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc)
HSK 6
to get rich
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends)
to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
HSK 7-9
to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
HSK 7-9
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out
HSK 6
to generate electricity / to send a telegram
HSK 6
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
to get angry
HSK 6
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
news conference / briefing
HSK 7-9
electricity generator / dynamo
HSK 7-9
to provide / to give / to grant
HSK 6
to flare up; to break out
HSK 7-9
place of origin / birthplace / source
HSK 7-9
development zone
HSK 7-9
hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
HSK 7-9
shampoo
development cycle / development period / also written 開發週期|开发周期
development cycle / development period
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
spokesperson
HSK 6
to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation
HSK 5
could happen at any moment / on the verge
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
to flip out / to act out violently
to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state)
HSK 7-9
to ferment / (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
HSK 7-9
to become aware / to detect / to realize / to perceive
HSK 5
to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment)
to worry / to fret / to be anxious / to become sad
HSK 7-9
to send a text message
starting point / (fig.) basis / motive
HSK 7-9
fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
to arouse / to stimulate / (physics) to excite
HSK 7-9
to develop / to make full use of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
developing country
improvisation
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
transponder / electronic device that responds to a radio code
to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage
economic development
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
HSK 7-9
the Cambrian explosion
to dispatch / to send out goods
research and development / to develop
HSK 6
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
to give a speech
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
to invent and innovate / inventions and innovations
braid
Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
fan / zealot
to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
(of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition)
HSK 6
sustainable development
Asian Development Bank
hair
to stare blankly; to be in a daze
HSK 7-9
to faint
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
power station
all the more / increasingly
barbershop / hairdresser's / CL:
to excavate / to explore / (fig.) to unearth / to tap into
HSK 7-9
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
to pass the time
incidence of a disease / disease rate
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
to burst out laughing / to laugh
to become rich / enrichment
(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
to dispatch an army / to send troops

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