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HSK
plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
to take note of; to pay attention to
HSK 3
deliberately; on purpose
HSK 2
satisfied / pleased / to one's satisfaction
HSK 2
to agree / to consent / to approve
HSK 3
proud of oneself / pleased with oneself / complacent
HSK 4
business / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 3
creative / creativity
HSK 6
to do business
HSK 7-9
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
any / arbitrary / at will / at random
HSK 7-9
goodwill / benevolence / kindness
HSK 7-9
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
respect; esteem; high regard
HSK 7-9
concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently
HSK 7-9
dissatisfied
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *意* | 意* | *意
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
original idea / real intention / etymon
HSK 7-9
intention / regard; kindly feelings
HSK 7-9
to care about / to take offense / to mind
HSK 7-9
gratitude / thanks
moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning
HSK 7-9
in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
to make up one's mind
an urge to urinate
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
general idea / main idea
HSK 7-9
careless
HSK 7-9
to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
HSK 7-9
(idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc)
HSK 7-9
public opinion / popular will / public will
HSK 6
to concentrate on
good intention / kindness
HSK 7-9
(idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory
thoughtless / not pay attention to
careless / unconcerned
negligent / careless / inadvertent
HSK 7-9
original meaning / original intention
profound love, generous friendship (idiom)
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom) / proud / complacent
sincerity; good faith
HSK 7-9
to pay no attention to / not to mind
to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
to be good at understanding others (idiom)
flushed with success / proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc) / as pleased as punch
Sino-Italian
to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking
providence / the Will of Heaven
earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity
HSK 7-9
not to one's liking
paying special care / with particular attention
(idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
to pay close attention (to sth)
to intend / intentionally / interested in
HSK 7-9
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
specially / intentionally
HSK 6
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
malice / evil intention
HSK 7-9
to change one's mind (idiom)
disappointed; frustrated
insincerity; hypocrisy / insincerely
to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of
HSK 7-9
not to mind / unconcerned
gadget / widget (small item of software)
new idea
beginning of spring / thoughts of love
inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
to misunderstand / to get the wrong idea
intentionally; deliberately; purposely / painstakingly; meticulously
HSK 7-9
leaving much to be desired / unsatisfactory / undesirable
pleasant
to advertise / to solicit business
toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
remorse
oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point
intention / purpose
HSK 7-9
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on
friendly regard; affection
satisfied; pleased; contented
content / meaning / connotation / implication / same as 涵義|涵义
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
a nip in the air / chilliness
life force / vitality
(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom)
words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate
without restraint / unbridled / reckless
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
people's expectations
to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied
HSK 7-9
pleased / elated
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
to hint / to indicate (an idea to sb)
HSK 7-9
one's purpose in coming

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