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HSK
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
HSK 2
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  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
oil / petroleum
HSK 3
gasoline
HSK 4
soy sauce
HSK 6
fuel oil
HSK 7-9
sesame oil / perfumed oil
HSK 7-9
cream / butter / (coll.) effeminate
butter / CL:
diesel fuel
coal tar
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
to extract (vegetable) oil; oil extraction
sesame oil
soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
CPC Corporation, a state-owned petroleum company in Taiwan (abbr. for 台灣中油|台湾中油)
lard
engine oil
crude oil
(petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil
biodiesel
glycerine / glycerol
oil spill; oil leak / (fig.) boo! (opposite of 加油)
essential oil
asphalt / tar / pitch
oyster sauce
cooking oil
to extract oil from vegetables / to press
Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains / (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades
oil extraction / oil recovery
oily
oil refinery
shoe polish
butter / beef tallow
tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient
to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
to grease / to oil / to baste (cookery)
lush green; verdant
turpentine
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
lard
to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain / to grope a woman or girl
cod liver oil
(dialect) kerosene
coconut oil
leaf fat / leaf lard
poor in oil
lard / animal fat
vegetable cooking oil
pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包 with a slice of butter inserted
nitroglycerine
to anoint
prawn sauce
hydrogenated oil
containing oil / oil-bearing
oil massage
(slang) alternative for 哎呦 "oh my!"
nail polish
vegetable oil
lubricating oil
palm oil
to oil / to anoint
peppermint oil
to condition or dye the hair using hair treatment product in conjunction with a hair steamer
illegally recycled waste cooking oil
oil shortage
cream / whipped cream
virgin olive oil
fuel oil
British Petroleum, BP
aniline oil
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
cream / whipped cream
sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow
affluent / very rich
salad oil
imported oil / kerosene
tar
animal fat
bath oil
soothing ointment / balm
to pour heated oil and seasonings over food (e.g. a cooked fish)
mugwort leaf oil (TCM) / also called wormwood leaf oil / Oleum folii Artemisiae argyi
margarine
Worcestershire sauce
margarine
synthetic oil
reused cooking oil
volatile oil (in general) / gasoline
whipped cream
crème fraîche
shoe polish
rapeseed oil; canola oil
sour cream
margarine
margarine
(of food) to absorb oil / (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
refined oil
to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")

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