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HSK
to remember
HSK 1
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to get; to obtain; to receive
HSK 1
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
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
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
HSK 2
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score; rating; grade
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4
to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
HSK 4
desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly
HSK 5
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
all right! / that's enough!
HSK 5
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
can see / visible
HSK 6
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to know
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to find out / to learn of
HSK 7-9
to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must
HSK 7-9
to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪
HSK 7-9
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
no wonder! / so that's why!
HSK 7-9
(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
HSK 7-9
unable to change sth / unable to deal with
HSK 7-9
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
able / capable / competent / efficient
HSK 7-9
the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
HSK 7-9
appropriate to the occasion / fitting
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
appropriate / suitable
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
happy and content (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
variant of 得意洋洋
HSK 7-9
can see / can tell
HSK 7-9
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
gains and losses / success and failure / merits and demerits
HSK 7-9
to benefit from / thanks to
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
to derive benefit
(dialect) cocky; smug / to show off
(Protestantism) Ruth
a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom); those upholding justice will find help all around
to follow your orders / roger! / yessir!
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
favorite pupil
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
to have sufficient insight to perceive / to suspect that ...
to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances / forced into sth
He laughs best who laughs last.
to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way
(molecular physics) van der Waals force
to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to have a long-cherished wish realized
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
index (loanword)
Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
Adriatic Sea
can be compared / to be very similar
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
acquired (i.e. not inborn)
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense
shameful
to become
can handle it / up to the task
to be able to touch / tangible
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
to be saved
to win a prize
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
Peter (name)
to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
recipient (of an award) / winner (in a competition)
Windhoek, capital of Namibia
(emphatically, in rhetorical questions) possible

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