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HSK
hello; hi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
easy to learn
eager to study / studious / erudite
HSK 6
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
unpleasant / hard to take
to have a special liking (for sth)
lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears
laughable; funny; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to be ready
interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive
HSK 7-9
no good
very good
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
kind and charitable
fabulous / superb / excellent
to sit properly / to sit up straight
(coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative) / angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑)
several years
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
that's fine / may as well / (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...
HSK 5
couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful
to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
good or bad / good and bad / standard; quality / (coll.) very bad
HSK 7-9
bright and sunny weather
good / favorable / well / fine
HSK 4
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
good or not? / luckily / fortuitously
intact / untouched / as good as before
active / restless / energetic
kindhearted person / good Samaritan
HSK 7-9
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
easy to get along with
benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit / also pr. [hao3chu4]
HSK 2
easy to use / to function well / so that / in order to
to keep an eye on
to regard as having good prospects
HSK 6
(greeting) good afternoon
not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense
good luck
HSK 5
(coll.) all right? / OK?
to bury the hatchet / to become reconciled
easy to remember
well; carefully; nicely; properly
HSK 3
useful / serviceable / effective / handy / easy to use
pleasant to hear
HSK 1
lit. likes and dislikes / preferences / taste
friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
Hollywood / also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1]
fortunately
HSK 7-9
hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
Good morning!
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte
to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
HSK 3
eager to be first
sincere, well-meant, kind words
just / exactly / to happen to be
HSK 6
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
my God! / oh boy! / man!
HSK 7-9
kindness / good intentions
HSK 7-9
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
to be meddlesome
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
quite a while
HSK 2
good opinion / favorable impression
HSK 7-9
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
HSK 7-9
hobbyist; amateur
to seem / to be like
HSK 6
kind words
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
intact / in good condition
HSK 7-9
no matter what may happen (idiom)
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
several / quite a few
hero / strong and courageous person / CL: 條|条
in good condition / undamaged / intact
to have an easy time / (feel) well
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
Mr Goody-goody / yes-man (sb who agrees with anything)
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
HSK 7-9
improvement / turnaround (for the better)
admirable people and exemplary deeds
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
as if / to seem like
HSK 2

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