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HSK
incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
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  *对* | 对* | *对
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
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
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
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
to oppose; to be against; to object to
HSK 3
absolute; unconditional
HSK 3
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
HSK 5
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
HSK 4
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
HSK 7-9
to face; to confront
HSK 3
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
HSK 4
to answer; to reply / to handle; to deal with / response
HSK 6
one-to-one; one-on-one
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
couple; pair
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair
as far as I'm concerned
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
symmetry / symmetrical
HSK 7-9
axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture)
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
control group
to do battle (with sb)
absolute value
foreign trade
to form a pair
relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
HSK 7-9
hedging (finance)
p2p (peer-to-peer)
to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
HSK 6
rival; competitor
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
HSK 7-9
to play go, chess etc
HSK 7-9
face to face
HSK 6
opposite bank (of a body of water)
to align / (typography) to justify
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
intercom / walkie-talkie
radial symmetry
a pair; a couple
courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
to sit facing each other
general relativity / Einstein's theory of gravity
to join up / to dock / a joint (between components)
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
opposition (political) party
internal / national / domestic (policy)
partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact
to focus (a camera)
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
unsymmetrical / asymmetric
symmetry
to respond fluently / to answer smartly
back to back
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
not in good condition / wrong / fishy
couple who were made for each other
to oppose strongly / violently opposed to
to collide head-on
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
suitable; to one's liking / to get along together
convection
hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
enemy (idiom); opponent / arch-enemy
half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
to exchange / to swap
irrelevant / beside the point
dialog box (computing)
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
foreign relations
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
hedge fund
correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
comparison / to verify by comparing
to check / to verify / to audit / to examine
HSK 7-9
(policy etc) towards China
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
consideration (in exchange for shares) / a quid pro quo
CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
(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
to right justify (typography)
to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
to return only a blank stare / to stare back
dialogue (for stage performance)
to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)

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