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practiced / proficient / skilled / skillful
HSK 4
to be familiar with; to know well
HSK 5
mature; ripe / to mature; to ripen / Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
acquaintance / friend
HSK 3
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
rare (of steak)
medium well (of steak)
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
cooked food / prepared food / deli food
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
skilled worker; journeyman
medium rare (of steak)
wrought iron
precocious; early-maturing
adept / skilled
to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
instant noodles
(of wine, cheese, beef etc) to age; to mature
thoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled
medium (of steak)
sexual maturity
what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to learn by heart; to memorize
idiom
deli; delicatessen
to sound familiar / familiar-sounding
skillful / proficient
to be well acquainted with
(idiom) to turn a blind eye to (sth one sees regularly)
frequent visitor
deliberation
familiar road / beaten track
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
to promote ripening of fruit
to cure / to mature
skilled person / an experienced hand
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
semiskilled
familiar-looking / to seem familiar
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
unripe
tree-ripe
cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
familiar
fully ripe
to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly
cooked food (ready to eat)
to know sth fluently / well-versed
(literary) to be very familiar with (sb or sth); well acquainted with; fully conversant with
(coll.) naturally outgoing with strangers; quick to act like an old acquaintance; sb who has this trait
Changshu, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park
everything is unfamiliar
completely ripe / ripened / well-cooked
hard-boiled egg
familiar with one another
stylish and confident middle-aged woman
middle-aged man (often with connotations of confidence, success and attractiveness)
to be well acquainted with / to know well
uncommon meaning of a common word
soft-boiled egg
well cooked / to know thoroughly
meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
tree-ripe
mature reflection / after careful deliberations
careful thought
worked material / chamotte (refractory ceramic material)
skilled worker; journeyman
familiar road / well-trodden path
to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
(neologism) middle age; mature age; prime years
to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
familiar / close
ripening in autumn (of crops)
slaked lime / hydrated lime
familiar road / well-trodden path
to be proficient in
silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
to know a lot of people
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
to get familiar with
abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now.
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
asleep / sleeping soundly
familiar words / known Chinese character
(idiom) to be familiar with; to have regular dealings with
abandoned land
plaster of Paris / calcined gypsum
pasteurized beer
lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
to look familiar / familiar-looking


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