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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
HSK 1
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
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 fall asleep
HSK 4
outstanding / notable / remarkable / statistically significant
HSK 4
to have / to possess
HSK 5
to signify / to mean / to imply
HSK 5
along with / in the wake of / following
HSK 5
not need / have no use for
HSK 5
to go along / to follow
HSK 6
near
HSK 6
to be able to use; useable; to have a use for / (in a question) to be necessary to
HSK 6
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
attire; clothes; dress
HSK 7-9
towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor
HSK 7-9
immediately afterwards / shortly after that
HSK 7-9
to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment
HSK 7-9
in front of / in the presence of
HSK 7-9
monograph / specialized text
HSK 7-9
towards
HSK 7-9
to follow / following / along
HSK 7-9
masterpiece
HSK 7-9
relying on / on the basis of
HSK 7-9
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
steady / calm and collected / not nervous
HSK 7-9
original work (not translation or abridged)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *著* | 著* | *著
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding
to follow
notorious / infamous / egregious (bandits)
alive
clothes
to follow after / immediately afterwards
to be considered outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
treatise; study
to compile / to write
to adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
to reach (with one's hand etc) / (fig.) to attain (an objective)
(eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of; using
to protect / to guard / to shield
to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
can't touch; can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
to adhere / attachment
evident / clear / undoubted
to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
to write jointly / to co-author
not worthwhile
(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
outstanding / eminent / brilliant
aboriginal
to be unable to reach
(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
eminent; renowned
obvious / prominent / standing out
thus / in this way / like this
to succeed by a lucky stroke
to be occupied with (doing sth)
unwise move / to make an unwise move
what? / how? / how about? / whatever / also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
Asanga (Buddhist philosopher, c. 4th century AD)
(of income etc) to be unassured; to lack a reliable source
(do sth) that way; like that
posthumous work (of a writer)
obvious / clear for all to see
to take it easy
monumental (literary) work
my unworthy writing (humble expr.) / my worthless manuscript
variant of 花招
to guess correctly
(coll.) to blame sb for sth
worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上
to wear
carrying on one's back
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
(HK) swimsuit (loanword from Japanese "mizugi")
(coll.) to try to
urgently
to be unable to find
to obtain
to brave / to face dangers
(idiom) notorious; infamous
important thing / crucial thing
important book
in accordance with
sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
no need / need not
to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business!
to droop; to hang down; to dangle
backwards; in reverse; upside down
having nothing better to do
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
to ignite / to kindle
to find

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