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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *美* | 美* | *美
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
HSK 3
beautiful / fine
HSK 3
culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food
HSK 3
beautiful
HSK 3
perfect
HSK 3
art / fine arts / painting / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
beautiful woman
HSK 4
US dollar / USD
HSK 4
graceful / fine / elegant
HSK 4
exquisite; elegant; fine
HSK 6
to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) / to make oneself more attractive / to beautify
HSK 6
delicious / delicious food / delicacy
HSK 7-9
beautiful scenery
HSK 7-9
sweet / pleasant / happy
HSK 7-9
beautiful / wonderful / splendid
HSK 7-9
to match / is comparable with
HSK 7-9
happy / blissful
HSK 7-9
pleasing to the eye / beautiful / artistic
HSK 7-9
virtue
HSK 7-9
elegant / graceful
HSK 7-9
beautiful woman; belle
HSK 7-9
esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste
HSK 7-9
delicious / tasty
HSK 7-9
healthy and beautiful / to do fitness exercises / abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动
HSK 7-9
to make more beautiful / to decorate / embellishment
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
very happy; elated
HSK 7-9
to admire / to praise / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
United States; USA; US
beauty salon; beauty parlor
American dollar; US dollar
caffè americano
flawless / immaculate / perfect
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *美* | 美* | *美
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国)
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
American Samoa
Europe and America; the West
fertile / luxuriant / plump / rounded
North America
United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
aesthetics
art design / art designer
South America
China-USA
Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
harmonious / in perfect harmony
Michiko, Japanese female given name / Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲 (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director
good wine / fine liquor
magnificent / gorgeous / ornate
good looks / beauty / good-looking
(Tw) (loanword) melamine
America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲
South America
pretty / handsome
mermaid
to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
art gallery
USA and Germany
(Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
North America
sense of beauty / aesthetic perception
(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)
Central America
Associated Press (AP) / abbr. for 美國聯合通訊社|美国联合通讯社
good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman)
delicacy
good quality and cheap / a bargain
beautiful and good
gentle and beautiful
Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
methadone
jaguar (Panthera onca)
glorious
to go to the United States
to dub with a nice-sounding appellation / fanciful moniker
applied art
esthetic conception / esthetic point of view / standard
(idiom) (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent
perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired
Sleeping Beauty
Area 51, USA
Midea (brand)
US-China-Taiwan
inner beauty
beautiful and alluring / glamorous / gorgeous
bel canto
Emmy Award
aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
perfect (idiom); perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets
Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
Sao Tome, capital of Sao Tome and Principe
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
poignant / sad and beautiful
US and UK / Anglo-American
Meilan district of Haikou city 海口市, Hainan
São Tomé and Príncipe
Mesopotamia
America
Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period

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