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right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to face; to confront
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
absolute; unconditional
HSK 3
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
HSK 4
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
HSK 4
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
HSK 5
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
HSK 6
face to face
HSK 6
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
to answer; to reply / to handle; to deal with / response
HSK 6
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
HSK 7-9
symmetry / symmetrical
HSK 7-9
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
to check / to verify / to audit / to examine
HSK 7-9
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
to play go, chess etc
HSK 7-9
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
HSK 7-9
to verify accounting records
opposite angle
to do battle (with sb)
to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair
logarithm
(policy etc) towards China
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
hedging (finance)
to focus (a camera)
opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
(longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
(loanword) party
to join up / to dock / a joint (between components)
to fight (one against one)
confrontation / contest / showdown
intercom / walkie-talkie
to exchange / to swap
equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity
antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
to align / (typography) to justify
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
opposite bank (of a body of water)
hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
to collide head-on
half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
suitable / to one's liking
concentration (a pair-matching game)
proofreader / to proofread / to calibrate
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
internal / national / domestic (policy)
to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
prawn / shrimp
to answer correctly / (literary) to respond; to reply
to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
to swap places / to exchange roles
suitable; to one's liking / to get along together
to squint / to one's liking
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
to be left speechless / unable to respond
to confront / to face the enemy
to look face to face
the building or room opposite
to be evenly matched / to meet one's match
to scrutinize / to examine / to check
air-to-surface (missile)
to reply / to answer / response / reply
to attack (one another)
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
to form pairs / to be in couples
in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
buttoned Chinese jacket
the dead cannot testify (idiom); dead men tell no tales
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
to be ashamed to face (sb) / to feel bad about having failed (sb)
confrontation

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