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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
else / other
HSK 1
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
(there are) some (who are...) / some (exist)
HSK 1
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
have plenty of / there's no lack of
HSK 3
seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
HSK 4
really / indeed
HSK 4
destination (location)
HSK 7-9
nothing to pick on; really good / nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
Baltic Sea
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
and so on; and so forth; and what not
target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
Goddam! / goddamn / wretched
(coll.) to take a taxi / to go by taxi
(taboo curse) damn it! / fucking
taxi (loanword)
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
really / after all / details / particulars
Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
yes, that's right / variant of 似的
female taxi driver
trivial (matters) / triviality / nonsense / rubbish
homing / target-seeking (military)
Midea (brand)
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
to play dirty / crafty; scheming
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
white lie
son of a bitch
dacron (loanword)
odd-jobs worker
Lake Titicaca
lit. as if flying / very fast
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
all one's strength
(coll.) food
bull's-eye / target / objective
every family has its problems (idiom)
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
there's no place like home (idiom)
to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
ultimatum (loanword)
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
Cardiff
Tripoli, capital of Libya / Tripoli, city in north Lebanon
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) / don't mention it
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
drat / frick / (euphemistic variant of 媽的|妈的)
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
man
Trieste, port city in Italy
woman
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
(old) wife
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
sometimes / at times
(neologism c. 2009) don't worry, it's all taken care of
(polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
Game of Thrones (TV series)
the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
damn it! / blast it!
Minecraft (video game)
Mosaic Law
lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine
beast (derog.)
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
Scandinavia
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 and Jon Halliday
not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with
What brings you here? (idiom)
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard
Baltic
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets
male taxi driver / cabbie (slang)
Netherlands Antilles

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