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unclear / indistinct / ambiguous
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66) / abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
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  *清* | 清* | *清
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911) / surname Qing
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  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
serum / blood serum
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear
deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation
to clarify / to fully understand
whey
the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
to disentangle (wiring etc) / (fig.) to clarify (one's thoughts etc)
unclear; ambiguous / having an unclear relationship with
clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts)
HSK 7-9
to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances
unclear
indistinct / fuzzy / blurred with age
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good / eliminate vice and exalt virtue
to see clearly
to hear clearly
to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
unable to figure out
to purge
to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
to see clearly; to recognize; to realize
countless; innumerable
to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify
high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio)
hopelessly muddled / impossible to unravel
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
egg white
to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate
standard definition (TV or video image quality)
Deqing county in Huzhou 湖州, Zhejiang
to clear up / to wipe out / to eradicate
to count / to enumerate exactly
Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
to clarify (the facts) / clarification
Changqing district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
to clear out accumulated items / (retailing) to hold a clearance sale
somber; cheerless
the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
to be delirious / to be mentally confused
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
Wuqing rural district in Tianjin 天津
anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命
to filter and purify
not able to see clearly
to repay; to pay off a debt
Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
to pay in full / to pay all of a bill / to pay off
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
(coll.) egg white
to settle (an account) / to square up
antiserum
deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation
Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
to make a clean copy
Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道 and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道 of South Korea
Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician
to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom)
to muddle things together (idiom) / to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk


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