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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *美* | 美* | *美
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
HSK 3
perfect
HSK 3
graceful / fine / elegant
HSK 4
exquisite; elegant; fine
HSK 6
sweet / pleasant / happy
HSK 7-9
to match / is comparable with
HSK 7-9
elegant / graceful
HSK 7-9
esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste
HSK 7-9
fresh and 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 admire / to praise / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Bamay in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *美* | 美* | *美
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国)
Latin America / abbr. for 拉丁美洲
Europe and America; the West
fertile / luxuriant / plump / rounded
North America
the aims of education: morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetic sense
Lomé / Lome, capital of Togo
China-USA
Central America
to claim credit due to others
Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
harmonious / in perfect harmony
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
magnificent / gorgeous / ornate
South America
pretty / handsome
to pay attention to one's appearance; to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms
(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)
good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman)
gentle and beautiful
glorious
to go to the United States
mellow / rich / superb
inner beauty
perfect (idiom); perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets
Sao Tome, capital of Sao Tome and Principe
poignant / sad and beautiful
exquisite / delicate and beautiful
to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer!
beauty contest
dainty
complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom)
magnificent
harmonious and graceful
aesthetics
(of a location) beautiful and tranquil
greatly pleased with oneself; vain; conceited (used as an insult or teasingly)
aesthetic medicine
serene and beautiful
resplendent
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
truth, goodness and beauty
Japan-US
charming; pretty
(policy etc) towards America
outstanding and elegant / remarkable and refined
heroic rescue of a damsel in distress
Pan American
Vanessa-Mae (1978–), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
throughout the United States / the whole of America
Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美)
South Korean-US
absence makes the heart grow fonder
to visit the USA
pro-U.S.
Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist
anti-American
symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
Freddie Mac, US mortgage company / formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
to enjoy fame without sharing it / to take the credit
Miss World Beauty Pageant
beautiful
inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
North and South America
GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
Niamey, capital of Niger
Zithromax (brand name for the antibiotic azithromycin 阿奇霉素)
Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity
"Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang)
order (as an aesthetic quality)
Methodist (Christian sect)
(coll.) an American; person from the United States
abundant and prosperous
to catch up with England and surpass the USA (economic goal)


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