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HSK
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
could happen at any moment / on the verge
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
the Cambrian explosion
to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
hair
all the more / increasingly
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
to distribute / distribution / to assign (sb) to a job
(of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence / (old) to score highly in the imperial exams
to broadcast
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
wig
RT Mart (supermarket chain)
to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state)
HSK 7-9
software development
to set off / to start (on a journey)
HSK 2
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing) / to accuse (in court) / to impeach / to denounce
to send / to cable (a telegram)
curly hair / to curl hair
to receive and send / to receive and transmit
Daihatsu, Japanese car company
in high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
(of a crime) to occur / (old) (of a crime) to be discovered / to investigate a crime on the spot
to arouse / to stimulate / (physics) to excite
HSK 7-9
(to get a) haircut
to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile
to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out
HSK 6
to publish / to print and distribute
to dye one's hair / rinse / tint
lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
HSK 7-9
to distribute / to emit / to issue
HSK 7-9
to erupt / an eruption
to reconstitute (dried mushrooms, seaweed etc)
long hair
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
to promote; to publicize; to market
to get a haircut; to have one's hair done / to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
HSK 3
perm (hairstyle)
to rouse to vigorous action / energetic mood
straight hair
with dishevelled hair (idiom) / with one's hair down
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
to evaporate / evaporation
(loanword) caliph / also written 哈利發|哈利发
to issue / to distribute / to publish along with
to not say a word (idiom)
to deprive / to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
to break out (of disease etc) / to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
to emerge and grow / to develop
(of a newspaper or magazine) to publish (an article, story, report etc); to carry
to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions)
HSK 7-9
to take preemptive action / (sports) to be in the starting lineup / (of a baseball pitcher) to be the starting pitcher
to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation
HSK 7-9
(of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
beautiful hair
to dispatch / to send out (mail)
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
to burst forth
to shave one's head / fig. to become a monk or nun / to take the tonsure
disheveled
to trigger / to spark
white or gray hair / CL:
hair (on the head)
HSK 2
to lodge an accusation / accusation (law)
(in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
to fire in bursts / shooting intermittently
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
perm / to perm hair
to sprout / to shoot / to bud
HSK 7-9
to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow)
hair on the temples
to vanish / to disappear from the face of the earth
face glowing (idiom); looking radiant / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to get a hair transplant
(of a stock) to fall below the issue price / (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局)
to happen simultaneously
to happen simultaneously / (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another); (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously / (computing) concurrent
spontaneous
HSK 7-9
(usu. of bad things) to frequently happen; to occur often
to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting
increasingly / more and more / ever more / all the more
HSK 7-9
hair and beard
to occur unexpectedly
to shine / to glow / to irradiate / to flash
HSK 7-9
to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
research and development / to develop
HSK 6
to not say a word (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to order sb to start on a journey
to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation
HSK 5
to send to multiple recipients; mass mailout / to occur in a clustered fashion
(to act) on one's own initiative
volcanic eruption
to lose one's hair / hair loss; alopecia

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