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HSK
soccer team
Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body of football (soccer) in Asia
competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation
adequate / sufficient / abundant
HSK 5
not at all surprising (idiom)
hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices
insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
HSK 5
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
abbr. for 國際足球聯合會|国际足球联合会, FIFA, international federation of football associations
as close as brothers (idiom); deep friendship
brotherly kindness
Asian Football Confederation (abbr. for 亞洲足球聯合會|亚洲足球联合会)
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
national soccer team
lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
foothold
not at all surprising (idiom)
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excessive
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(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
to suffer from a congenital deficiency; to have an inherent weakness
not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
soccer match / soccer competition
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
centipedes and millipedes
self-sufficient / satisfied with oneself
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible
women's soccer; women's football / women's soccer team
to be not worth mentioning
lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone
sufficient / full (payment)
rich / plentiful
HSK 7-9
to be full (after eating)
not worth mentioning (idiom)
content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
HSK 7-9
having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed
football field / soccer field
to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
it goes to show that / one can see
(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves / also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]
by no means an isolated case / numerous
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical
football fan
to exert all one's strength
abundant / plenty
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) / Korean: samjog'o
insignificant
HSK 7-9
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
(coll.) to look every bit the big star
to satisfy / to meet (the needs of) / satisfied / content
HSK 3
soccer circles / soccer world
to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
Dazu, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
American football
centipede / millipede
to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
to regard sb as a brother (idiom)
unabridged / complete book
to summon one's courage
to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
not worth mentioning / not worth considering
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces / preparations for war are in an advanced state
gastropod (class of mollusks including snails)
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
HSK 6
World Cup (soccer) (Tw)
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
carbon footprint
abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team
resourceful / full of stratagems
HSK 7-9
(zoology) tentacle
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
big toe
ankle
Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
soccer association; soccer federation (abbr. for 足球協會|足球协会)
foot-binding
to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
soccer association cup
enough; sufficient
HSK 3
not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect

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