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HSK
to remember
HSK 1
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to understand; to know; to comprehend
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
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
worth the money / to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
HSK 3
to recognize / to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it / to know
HSK 3
to seem / to look / to appear
HSK 3
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
seldom / rare / hard to come by
HSK 5
to hate to do sth / to hate to part with / to begrudge
HSK 5
to be willing to part with sth
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
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
to know
HSK 6
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL: 項|项, 個|个
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
not necessarily / not likely
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
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
to become
index (loanword)
must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot
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
what one acquires / one's gains
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
Polaroid (Tw)
to ask for sth and receive it / to try to obtain / to look for and obtain
ending up as / leading to / resulting in / in total
unworthy
not necessarily / that's not sure
(dialect) obviously / clearly
not count as
exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling
to be unable to move a single step
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
must / have to
to arrive at (some place or time)
to know
(literary) How can one get...?; Oh, if only there were... (rhetorical wish) / (literary) Is it possible that...?; How can this be? (interrogative disbelief)
to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but
to win; to gain
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
Heaven knows!
cannot allow (to be present) / cannot admit
to lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
contented / pleased with one's position
to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
how can one be sure?
hard to come by / rare
cannot help / to be beyond control of
to deserve
terrific / terrible / (after ) very
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
good / fine
Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
can go
Chad
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
Mazda Motor Corporation / also known as 馬自達|马自达
cannot be used / must not (do sth) / unacceptable
intolerable; unacceptable
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
to earn
to purchase / to acquire
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
unavoidable / bound to (happen)
to obtain by an effort / to strive to get sth
hurriedly / in a frenzy
profit / gain
vested in / already obtained / vesting
first come first served
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
Obed (name)
to be determined to win (idiom)
Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth)
How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
(idiom) to succeed in both love and business
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
(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?
How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!
(idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

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