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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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more / even more / further / still / still more
HSK 2
more (than sth else) / even more
HSK 3
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
even more (so)
HSK 6
to alter
HSK 7-9
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
change room; dressing room; locker room / (euphemism) toilet
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
even more
to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism)
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
to take over (from one another) / to alternate / to replace / to relay
to alternate / to change
in the dead of night (idiom)
to correct / to make a correction
to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
to rename
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
redbreast / robin
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
to patrol at night, marking the time by sounding clappers or gongs
night watchman (in former times)
to change / to replace / to alter
resurrection / rebirth / reinvigorated / rejuvenated / a new lease of life
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
superior by a notch / a cut above / even better
drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper
lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again
alternately / by turns
to make a new start / to regenerate
too many to count / very many / innumerable
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
to replace the old with new (idiom)
deep at night
reform and renewal / generational change
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
new edition / new version / update
second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
to stop updating (content)
water clock used to mark night watches
to moonlight
to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level
substitution / replacing former general / change of leader
(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新)
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
dynamic update (Internet)
deep at night and all is quiet (idiom)
international date line
(Internet slang) to update one's blog
high performance
to keep watch during the night
Huygens (name) / Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician and astronomer
watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
menopause / andropause
to change / to substitute
to stay up through the night (idiom)
I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
to be even better than / to be superior to
soldier (serving alternate watch)
Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
furthermore (idiom)
one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)
deep night
urban development project


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