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HSK
to catch and hold on / to continue / to go on to do sth / to follow / to carry on / then / after that / subsequently / to proceed / to ensue / in turn / in one's turn
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
to signify / to mean / to imply
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 4
to catch fire
HSK 4
to have / to possess
HSK 5
to fall asleep
HSK 4
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
to worry; to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry / Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
HSK 4
(idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
near
HSK 6
truly / indeed / severely / harshly
HSK 7-9
alive
towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor
HSK 7-9
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
immediately afterwards / shortly after that
HSK 7-9
to put emphasis on; to stress
HSK 7-9
along with / in the wake of / following
HSK 5
to apply color; to color; to paint
steady / calm and collected / not nervous
HSK 7-9
to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
HSK 7-9
wait and see (who is right)
towards
HSK 7-9
attire; clothes; dress
HSK 7-9
to be fascinated / to be captivated
HSK 7-9
in front of / in the presence of
HSK 7-9
relying on / on the basis of
HSK 7-9
to brave / to face dangers
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
carrying on one's back
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
with one's hands clasped behind one's back
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
to be occupied with (doing sth)
to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb
HSK 7-9
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree / quite / rather
to go along / to follow
HSK 6
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
HSK 7-9
to worry helplessly
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
clothes
to have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentrate
HSK 7-9
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上
to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment
HSK 7-9
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
to dress / dress / clothes / outfit
by means of; through; with the help of
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
to leave no trace / seamlessly / unobtrusively
to fall asleep; to get to sleep
(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
You figure it out for yourself. / Do as you please.
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
to say sth for fun / to be kidding / to joke around
whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
HSK 7-9
to get dressed
(coll.) to try to
wait and see (who is right)
place of interest / a place one has one's eye on
style of dress / one's appearance
no need / need not
in accordance with
urgently
agglutinative language (e.g. Turkish and Japanese)
to be unable to reach
to be unable to find
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward
to concern oneself with (a matter); to make (sth) one's business
to obtain
to be considered outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
to follow
to do as one sees fit / It's up to you. / Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.
having nothing better to do
whispering in sb's ear
think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
let (one) have his way / as (one) pleases / at (one's) will
smart clothes / particular about one's dress
to blossom / to come to flower / to be in bloom
to blossom / see 著花|着花
to pretend not to know (idiom)
to follow after / immediately afterwards
important thing / crucial thing
to take it easy
landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
to do as one sees fit / to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
urgent / in a great hurry / in intimate relationship with sb
Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)
evident / clear / undoubted
(do sth) that way; like that
backwards; in reverse; upside down

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