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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
must / have to
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
Shetland Islands
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular
to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)
only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
to be worth mentioning
what one acquires / one's gains
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
to win; to gain
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
recipient
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing
can be compared / to be very similar
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
unworthy
to win a prize
(math.) numerical answer / solution
to cause or lead to sth bad
percentage of votes obtained
appropriate to the occasion / fitting
HSK 7-9
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
vested interest
easily obtained / readily available
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
Peter (name)
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
flushed with success / proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc) / as pleased as punch
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to find / to pick up / to collect
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
vote-getting
income tax
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to fall ill / to contract a disease
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
to understand (by hearing) / to catch (what sb says)
to get one's name / named (after sth)
to be unable to move a single step
affluent / very rich
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
(doing sth) in the right way / suitable / properly
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life?
satisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by
to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
Texas, US state
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
to be able to pay / affordable
to have no other choice / to be the last resort
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
appropriate / suitable
HSK 7-9
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
profit / gain
Gatorade (brand)
(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully
(dialect) cocky; smug / to show off
(it) depends on ...
lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
cannot help / to be beyond control of
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
to fool / to dupe

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