| | to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) | HSK 1 |
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| | but; however | HSK 2 |
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| | still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or | HSK 3 |
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| | always | HSK 3 |
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| | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't | HSK 4 |
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| | but; however / (used for emphasis) indeed | HSK 4 |
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| | (coll.) if | HSK 4 |
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| | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | HSK 4 |
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| | right and wrong / quarrel | HSK 6 |
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| | each and every; every; all; any | HSK 6 |
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| | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
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| | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply / but; however | |
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| | considered to be / at last | |
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| | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as | |
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| | or / either one or the other | |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | |
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| | if it were not for / but for | |
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| | just / simply / stubbornly / really | |
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| | equivalent to either 是 or 就是 | |
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| | is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that | |
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| | lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons | |
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| | if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom) / enough is enough | |
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| | in other words / that is to say | |
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| | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic | |
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| | to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated | |
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| | to be full of / completely | |
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| | to seek the truth | |
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| | (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong | |
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| | always | |
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| | yes, that's right / variant of 似的 | |
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| | thus | |
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| | things have remained the same, but people have changed | |
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| | each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way | |
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| | Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) | |
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| | Failure is the mother of success. | |
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| | indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | |
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| | probably / perhaps / could it be that...? | |
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| | can be found everywhere | |
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| | duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom) | |
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| | clear and logical | |
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| | unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion | |
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| | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | to follow obediently | |
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| | extremely / very | |
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| | to invert right and wrong | |
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| | to follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | |
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| | lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) / fig. extremely common; easily available | |
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| | (of food) to have the right taste / (of people) to feel at ease | |
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| | to act as one thinks fit / to have one's own way | |
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| | money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) | |
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| | nevertheless / actually / the fact is ... | |
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| | to confuse right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) | |
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| | that is / i.e. | |
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| | probably / most likely | |
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| | The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved! | |
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| | certainly | |
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| | lit. see the wind and assume it will rain (idiom); fig. gullible / to believe whatever people suggest | |
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| | a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth | |
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| | lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous | |
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| | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | |
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| | although / even though / even if | |
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| | one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright | |
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| | especially / most of all / above all / in particular | |
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| | fault / blame | |
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| | no / is not / not | |
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| | that's just the way it is / exactly! | |
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| | destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement) | |
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| | therefore / thus / so | |
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| | to be upset / to feel disgusted | |
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| | (formal) this day / that day | |
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| | (as a complete expression, or followed by 啦) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! | |
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| | as they say, ... / as the saying goes, ... | |
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| | lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal | |
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| | devoid of fear (idiom) / intrepid | |
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| | lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous | |
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| | people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) / marriages are predestined / people marry because they share common traits | |
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| | not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with | |
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| | not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset | |
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| | isn't that so? | |
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| | (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good | |
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| | lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me | |
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| | it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) | |
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| | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | |
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| | to seek the truth from facts | |
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| | to seek the truth from facts | |
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| | five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) | |
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| | solely / just | |
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