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HSK
(in) the same place / together; in company (with) / altogether; in total / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
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  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
to recall / to think of / to call to mind
HSK 2
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
starting point
HSK 6
cannot afford / can't afford buying
HSK 7-9
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
HSK 2
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
to raise / to hoist / to rise
together
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
reveille
compared with
HSK 7-9
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
to pick up
to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound
to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
HSK 7-9
to lift up
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
(of a group of people) to rush into action
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
erection / to have an erection
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
starting line
origin of mankind
to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up
HSK 7-9
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity
convex / protruding / to protrude / to bulge / to buckle upwards
seeing riches provokes evil designs
to be able to pay / affordable
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
beginning and end (dates)
to stick up / to point sth up
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
to be on an equal footing
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
can't afford to play / (fig.) can't accept it when one loses
to get up in the night to urinate
to be unable to pay / unaffordable
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
to start running / the start of a race
to raise one's head / to perk up
(idiom) to rise to fame
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook
to rise vigorously / a spirited start
to start from scratch (idiom)
everyday life / regular pattern of life
to sound like
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy
to remember / to recall
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
living room / sitting room
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
to arise again / to make a comeback / resurgence

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