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HSK
clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about
HSK 2
clear-headed / sober / awake
HSK 4
to clear up / to tidy up / to dispose of
HSK 5
early morning
HSK 5
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
clean / to clean
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
cleaner / janitor / garbage collector
HSK 6
clear and bright / sober and calm / (of a government or administration) well ordered
HSK 7-9
fresh and clean
HSK 7-9
clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts)
HSK 7-9
list of items
HSK 7-9
to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
cool / refreshing / (of clothing) skimpy / revealing
HSK 7-9
clear; distinct
HSK 7-9
sharp and clear / crisp / melodious / ringing / tinkling / silvery (of sound) / fragile / frail / also written 輕脆|轻脆
HSK 7-9
light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales)
HSK 7-9
mosque
HSK 7-9
quiet / peaceful and quiet
HSK 7-9
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April / Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
sweet scent / fragrant odor
fresh and cool / relaxed
Qingjiang river in Hubei
fresh and pure
Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
serum / blood serum
to purge
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *清* | 清* | *清
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911) / surname Qing
to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off
Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan
(phonetics) voiceless sound
Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism)
detergent / cleaning solution
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
meager
Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
sake (Japanese rice wine)
to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances
to settle accounts / to clear accounts / to liquidate / to expose and criticize
to see clearly
Chiang Mai, city in Thailand
to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive)
unclear
clear spring
the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
idle / leisurely
Qingzhen, county-level city in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
clear; limpid
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
Qing troops; Manchu soldiers
to take an inventory of stock / to clear out one's stock
delicate and pretty
Fuqing, a county-level city in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
to settle (an account) / to square up
Qingliu, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
cool breeze / fig. pure and honest
steamed in broth
Qing dynasty person
(of a location) quiet and secluded / beautiful and secluded
pure / innocent
to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
countless; innumerable
definition / sharpness / clarity
(mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit / (fig.) uniformly; each and every one
to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
Cheongju, capital of North Chungcheong Province, South Korea 忠清北道
upright and honorable
broth / clear soup / consommé
to clear out accumulated items / (retailing) to hold a clearance sale
high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio)
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear
to filter and purify
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear
Baoqing county in Shuangyashan 雙鴨山|双鸭山, Heilongjiang
to clear (a place) / to evacuate
Yueqing, county-level city in Wenzhou 溫州|温州, Zhejiang
cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
early in the morning
Bank for International Settlements
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
Qingfeng county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳, Henan
to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy
unable to figure out
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
Qingzhen, county-level city in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
meager fare / (fig.) insipid / colorless
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

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