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a benefactor / a person who has significantly helped sb else
HSK 6
favor / grace
HSK 7-9
to be grateful
HSK 7-9
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
salvation
kindness / affection / grace / favor
HSK 7-9
to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
gratitude and grudges / resentment / grudges / grievances
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *恩* | 恩* | *恩
favor; grace; kindness / (coll.) used like in online chat, expressing agreement
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
special favor from a ruler / Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
to bestow (favors, charity etc)
HSK 7-9
benevolence / favor
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw)
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism
rich favor
deeply grateful
Burns (name) / Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2022-
to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Hubei Province 湖北省
rune
to make a public display of affection
(name) Keynes / John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), influential British economist / Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia
favor / grace
Enshi, a county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei
Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
(name) Ryan
approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow
(idiom) a great life-saving favor
Browne (person name)
benefactor
to split up / to break all ties
to extend kindness
to confer a favor on sb / to confer a benefit
Lucerne (city in Switzerland)
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
Kahn
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
McCain (name) / John McCain (1936-2018), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona 1987-2018
harsh and merciless (idiom)
Enschede, city in the Netherlands
to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
to show kindness
Ron (name)
bestowed kindness
favor from an emperor or high official
Cohen (name)
to receive favor
Stern (name)
Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) / also written 基甸
Orion (NASA spacecraft)
grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom)
(name) Kenyon; Canyon
Brian (name)
loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
ungrateful
(maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done
imperial kindness / benevolence from the emperor
Engel (name) / Ernst Engel (1821-1896), German statistician
(greatly respected) teacher
plan of salvation
Steinkjær (city in Trøndelag, Norway)
Krohn's disease
Rennes
Isle of Man, British Isles / Isle of Mann
Dunkin' Donuts
Daci'en Buddhist temple in Xi'an
to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)
Thanksgiving Day
TNT equivalent
to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil
Yaounde, capital of Cameroon
Bournemouth, UK
Charismatic Movement
to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
Enping, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
kind patronage
Gene (name)
Charismatic Christianity
Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019
TNT (trinitrotoluene) (loanword)
University of Bonn
Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet
Jaén, Spain
(Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)
Enshi county in southwest Hubei
Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, president of Mongolia 2005-2009
to give a favor (used of Christian God)

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