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HSK
(not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore
HSK 2
however; but; yet
HSK 4
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and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
HSK 4
rather
HSK 4
on the contrary; instead
HSK 4
thus / thereby
HSK 5
therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ...
HSK 5
occasionally; from time to time
HSK 6
relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
HSK 7-9
and then (what follows next)
HSK 7-9
involuntary / automatically
HSK 7-9
to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
HSK 7-9
then / afterwards
HSK 7-9
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
HSK 7-9
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
that's all / nothing more
HSK 7-9
to lump different matters together (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to leave without saying good-bye
HSK 7-9
to show respect from a distance (idiom) / to remain at a respectful distance
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
HSK 7-9
to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire
HSK 7-9
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
unknown / unable to find out
HSK 7-9
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils
HSK 7-9
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will
to brush past; to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
to apply sth more broadly / by logical extension / and, by extension,
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
to turn to (sth else); to switch to
to skate around / to skip over / to skimp
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
occasionally / once in a while
(idiom) to speak from the heart
(idiom) to know that it is so but not why it is so
to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past
to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
after that / then
(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts
to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
to speak frankly with assurance
generally speaking
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)
angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment / unable to voice objections
(idiom) to return from a rewarding journey
crying tears of joy (idiom)
in a nutshell / to put it briefly
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
to settle for second best / the next best thing
to swarm around / flocking (to see)
to part on bad terms / (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
(idiom) to glare at
to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there
nothing serious / just hot air
to come one after the other
not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse
(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred
now / at the present (time)
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
to come from far away
(idiom) in all fairness; objectively speaking
therefore
to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
to try one's utmost / to strive
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
to step forward bravely
(idiom) to come back to life (after death)
untrustworthy; not true to one's word
pending a decision; hanging in the balance
(idiom) to look at each other and smile
lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)
to lose what one has just obtained (idiom)
to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom)
to file out; to walk out in a line
to rush out through a door (idiom)

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