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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
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
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to obtain; to receive; to get
HSK 4
usable; serviceable / feasible; workable; doable / to make; to cause; to bring about
HSK 5
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to remember
HSK 1
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to win / to gain
HSK 4
to know
HSK 6
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 7-9
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
can't help / cannot but
HSK 7-9
not necessarily / not likely
HSK 7-9
must / have to
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
HSK 6
what one acquires / one's gains
to win; to gain
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
to be determined to win (idiom)
(coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to have a clear conscience / to have no qualms about sth
HSK 7-9
unworthy
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
to become
to cause or lead to sth bad
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears
HSK 7-9
guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
happy and content (idiom)
HSK 7-9
easily obtained / readily available
Peter (name)
Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山
to find / to pick up / to collect
to look (pretty, the same etc)
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
profit / gain
cannot help / to be beyond control of
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
Pentax, Japanese optics company
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
to emerge (from a comparison) / to come out as / to be competent or equal to
to obtain (permission etc)
to get / to obtain
Chad
unavoidable / bound to (happen)
good / fine
to be unable to move a single step
how can one be sure?
to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
can go
not necessarily / that's not sure
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
hard to come by / rare
Polaroid (Tw)
to earn (income) / to make (money)
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
to know
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
to purchase / to acquire
first come first served
vested in / already obtained / vesting
to arrive at (some place or time)
cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable
index (loanword)
accessible
(dialect) obviously / clearly
within reach
to take (after a struggle) / to wrest / to seize / to capture / to win (a trophy)
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
unable to tolerate / intolerant / unable to bear sth
not count as
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
to win (sth) in a bid
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
cannot blame / no wonder
Mazda Motor Corporation / also known as 馬自達|马自达
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢 by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
(literary) How can one get...?; Oh, if only there were... (rhetorical wish) / (literary) Is it possible that...?; How can this be? (interrogative disbelief)

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