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HSK
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
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to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
to conduct; to hold (an event)
HSK 3
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
to elect / election / CL: , 個|个
HSK 6
to give an example
HSK 7-9
a list / to list / to enumerate
HSK 7-9
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
bearing / manner / mien
HSK 7-9
to report (malefactors to the police) / to denounce
HSK 7-9
move; act; measure
HSK 7-9
to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports)
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
HSK 7-9
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to develop simultaneously / to undertake concurrently
imperial examination
to offer evidence
to lift up / to hold high
to report (an offense to the authorities) / to inform against sb
to enumerate
graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
to recommend
the entire country
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
pioneering work
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend / to elect; to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
to raise a loan / to borrow money
the whole family
magnificent feat / impressive feat / heroic undertaking / heroic attempt
to look / to raise one's eyes
grand event / magnificent undertaking
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
meritorious deed / benevolent act
(literary) to move forward
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous / gilding the lily
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver / to shilly-shally
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops
too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
to propose (for a job) / to nominate / to recommend
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
many hands make light work (idiom)
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing) / to accuse (in court) / to impeach / to denounce
such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
innumerable (idiom)
snatch (weightlifting technique)
(do sth) on a large scale
combining native and foreign methods
to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge
to sit for imperial examinations
for example
to dance / to float in the wind
(literary) to light a fire
great feat / splendid achievement
to select the best (for a job)
preparatory literary studies for imperial examination
to go a long way away
(coll.) to pump iron
(dialect) height of a house
to lift up / (fig.) to put on display / to set forth / to expound
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
imperial examinations (in former times)
move / measure / step (to some end)
to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
presidential election
to cooperate in a charity project
voter / elector
public election
direct election
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
informer / snitch
a salute / hands raised
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
Electoral College (of the United States)
indirect election
sensible act
every little move / every single movement

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