| | 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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| | still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or | HSK 1 |
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| | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | HSK 1 |
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| | but; however | HSK 2 |
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| | but; however / (used for emphasis) indeed | HSK 2 |
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| | is precisely | HSK 2 |
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| | always | HSK 2 |
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| | always | HSK 3 |
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| | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply / but; however | HSK 3 |
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| | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) if | HSK 3 |
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| | have plenty of / there's no lack of | HSK 3 |
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| | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't | HSK 4 |
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| | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | HSK 4 |
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| | rather | HSK 4 |
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| | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you | HSK 5 |
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| | or / either one or the other | HSK 5 |
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| | considered to be / at last | HSK 6 |
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| | each and every; every; all; any | HSK 6 |
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| | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as | HSK 6 |
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| | in other words / that is to say | HSK 6 |
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| | nevertheless / actually / the fact is ... | HSK 6 |
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| | in other words; that is | HSK 6 |
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| | even more (so) | HSK 6 |
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| | right and wrong / quarrel | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can be found everywhere | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | clear and logical | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if it were not for / but for | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that's just the way it is / exactly! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to seek the truth | |
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| | silence is golden (idiom) | |
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| | indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | |
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| | is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that | |
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| | thus | |
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| | probably / perhaps / could it be that...? | |
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| | another one is ...; the other thing is ... | |
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| | (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong | |
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| | duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom) | |
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| | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | equivalent to either 是 or 就是 | |
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| | to follow obediently | |
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| | just / simply / stubbornly / really | |
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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 follow blindly (idiom) / to take as one's only guide | |
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| | yes, that's right / variant of 似的 | |
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| | (idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else | |
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| | to act as one thinks fit / to have one's own way | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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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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| | lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons | |
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| | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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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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| | each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way | |
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| | (of food) to have the right taste / (of people) to feel at ease | |
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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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| | to confuse right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | therefore / thus / so | |
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| | certainly | |
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| | devoid of fear (idiom) / intrepid | |
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| | although / even though / even if | |
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| | (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) | |
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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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| | especially / most of all / above all / in particular | |
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| | therefore / so / consequently | |
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| | (formal) this day / that day | |
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| | isn't that so? | |
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| | (coll.) of course / naturally / indeed | |
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| | ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser | |
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| | for the sake of / for the purpose of | |
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| | lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally | |
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| | trouble spot / sketchy area | |
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| | Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) | |
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| | therefore | |
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| | (as a complete expression, or followed by 啦) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if! | |
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| | no / is not / not | |
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| | fault; blame | |
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| | (Internet slang) I can't even... / Are you kidding me! / OMG! | |
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| | destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement) | |
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| | five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying) (said of persons with the same surname) | |
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| | there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things | |
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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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| | sriracha (loanword) | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | (before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most ... / (literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is ... | |
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| | there's no shortage / there are plenty | |
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| | if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom) / enough is enough | |
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| | every medicine has its side effect | |
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| | to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. | |
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