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HSK
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last
HSK 3
the end of the year / year-end
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *底* | 底* | *底
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数)
HSK 4
end of the month
HSK 4
thorough / thoroughly / complete
HSK 4
seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean
HSK 6
inside information / concrete details
HSK 7-9
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant
HSK 7-9
base / foundation / bottom
HSK 7-9
to put sth on the bottom / to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime / to lay the foundation / to come last in the rankings
HSK 7-9
answer to a riddle
HSK 7-9
in the final analysis / in the end
HSK 7-9
after all / in the final analysis / ultimately
HSK 7-9
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
cards in one's hand / (fig.) undisclosed strength or information / hidden trump
Media (ancient Middle east region)
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *底* | 底* | *底
(equivalent to as possessive particle)
the bottom of a body of water
to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table
lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
Detroit, Michigan
plinth; base; substrate
to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding
bottom
in the final analysis / ultimately
to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
frying pan
bottom of one's heart
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
bottom / bottom side / end part
chassis
fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
foundation (cosmetics)
negative / photographic plate
subterranean / underground
soles of the feet
sole (of a shoe)
ophthalmoscope; funduscope
to brave it out / to the bitter end
Loudi, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
inside information / the ins and outs of the matter / how things stand / what's up
to take in the whole scene at once; to have a panoramic view
lung capacity; lung power / boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low
unsure / uncertain / unending
bottomless pit
Hippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
(idiom) in the final analysis
to interrogate and get to the bottom of sth
to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt)
foreign exchange reserves (Tw)
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
see 水中撈月|水中捞月 / (mahjong) to complete one's hand on the last draw of the round
Euphrates River
(astronomy) nadir
primer
(photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block
right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment
shop fittings
Tigris River, Iraq
to divulge the inside story
in this world / under the sun
benthos
hysteria (loanword) / hysterical
to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
family property / patrimony
to get to the heart of the matter
to let out a secret
(literary) end / limit
foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause
(of stock prices, etc) to slump; to dip
to disclose inside information / to divulge secret details
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
seafloor spreading (geology)
in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama / right now
to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
bottomless
variant of 徹底|彻底
a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation
base fertilizer
flat bottomed / low heeled
(finance) to snap up undervalued stocks / bargain-hunting; bottom-fishing
erhua variant of 墊底|垫底
bottom / bottom side / bottom surface
criminal record
platform shoes
Haidilao (aka Hai Di Lao), hot pot restaurant chain founded in Sichuan in 1994
lowest limit / bottom line
plantar fasciitis (medicine)
leggings

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