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HSK
to drive a car
HSK 1
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
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  *開* | 開* | *開
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to depart; to leave
HSK 2
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to separate / to part
HSK 2
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
HSK 3
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
HSK 3
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
to separate
HSK 4
to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
HSK 4
to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
HSK 4
to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
HSK 4
inseparable / inevitably linked to
HSK 4
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
opening ceremony
HSK 5
beginning / to start
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
blooming / in full flower
HSK 7-9
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
development zone
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
wide / open (spaces) / to open up
HSK 7-9
to open wide / unrestrictedly
HSK 7-9
to throw out / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
HSK 7-9
open letter
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
to open / to start / (computing) to enable
HSK 7-9
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
to start the harvest
to give preferential treatment / to give special attention
to instruct (novices); to preach; to teach; to reveal
to start a match / the kick-off
to lure away / to divert
to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
Lancashire (English county)
(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
to begin a lecture / to start on a story
to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
to open an account (bank etc)
(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot / (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!
Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang
to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor
(literary) to allow / to permit
to start talking
to open shop
(dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
to host a banquet
to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
expanded view
to spread out after being diluted or melted / to dissolve into a liquid
school begins / give a course / teach a subject
to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons
open-minded
to open wide
to avoid / to evade / to keep away from
to uncover / to open
to let go / to release

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