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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
really / indeed
HSK 4
seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
HSK 4
(there are) some (who are...) / some (exist)
HSK 1
purpose; aim; goal; target; objective / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
if (coming after a conditional clause)
HSK 2
else / other
HSK 1
have plenty of / there's no lack of
HSK 3
to hit the target / (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
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
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
woman
(coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
(old) wife
sometimes / at times
(taboo curse) damn it! / fucking
creeped out; unnerved; uneasy
to hit the target with a single shot / to say something spot on (idiom)
bastard; scumbag; son of a bitch
what for / why / how
(coll.) food
Get along with you!
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
destination (location)
HSK 7-9
Minecraft (video game)
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
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
every family has its problems (idiom)
the great majority
(polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem
motorcycle taxi
Game of Thrones (TV series)
damn it! / blast it!
motorcycle taxi / abbr. for 摩托車的士|摩托车的士
lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
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
(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official)
(idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on
the Emperor's new clothes (i.e. naked)
darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
white lie
male taxi driver / cabbie (slang)
bulging
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
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with
to get tough / to use force
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
Midea (brand)
multipurpose
fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
Cardiff
aimless / at random
lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom) / fig. to have a clear objective
HSK 7-9
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) / don't mention it
reliable funds
lit. the body is the revolution's capital / fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
man
dacron (loanword)
qualitative leap
female taxi driver
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
the brightest jewel in the crown
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special
How did it happen? / What's wrong? / What went wrong? / What's up?
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
bull's-eye / target / objective
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
(neologism c. 2009) don't worry, it's all taken care of
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
for the sake of / for the purpose of
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
(coll.) to play dirty; to use underhanded tactics / (coll.) sneaky; underhanded
Netherlands Antilles
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
having nothing better to do / see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
the Greater Antilles, Caribbean island group including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica and Puerto Rico
motherfucker (loanword)
don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter / whatever / anyway
Montevideo, capital of Uruguay
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士 / minivan taxi
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
Scandinavia
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

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