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HSK
to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
HSK 4
to enter / to join / to go into
HSK 2
to go forward / to forge ahead / to advance / onward
HSK 3
sophisticated; advanced (technology etc) / meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
HSK 3
to go in
HSK 1
to improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
"please come in"
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
to make headway; to make progress
HSK 3
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
HSK 3
to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
HSK 4
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  *進* | 進* | *進
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead
HSK 7-9
to recommend / to introduce (from outside)
HSK 4
to enter; to step into
HSK 2
to promote / to enhance / to further / to advance (a cause etc)
HSK 6
evolution / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
advanced level
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
HSK 6
to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
(of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
radical / extreme / extremist
to get through by luck / to be promoted by a fluke
binary code / binary encoding
ambition; desire for self-improvement
to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting; to have an audience with
decimal
to enter the venue / to enter the arena / (aviation) to approach the airfield / (investing) to get into the market
HSK 7-9
propeller / propulsion unit / thruster
rate of progress
HSK 7-9
advanced weapon
decimal system
every day sees new developments (idiom) / to make constant progress
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
HSK 7-9
course of events; process
HSK 7-9
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
binary system (math.)
hyperfunction (medical)
importation and exportation; import-export / access point; opening that serves as an entrance or exit
HSK 7-9
(computing, inventory management etc) first in, first out
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
decimal system
to advance / forward motion
to have a meal
to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
progress / to advance
to advance by leaps and bounds
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards
progressivism
abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
HSK 7-9
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
to storm (a city etc) / to raid
to rush in; to charge in
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) / abbr. to 民進黨|民进党
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
to come late and leave first / last in, first out (LIFO)
fast-forward (media player)
to spill / to overflow (of water, crowds) / to crowd (into a space)
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
(computing) progress bar
march (musical)
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) / abbr. for 民主進步黨|民主进步党
to make progress while ensuring stability
system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
to enter and garrison / (fig.) to establish a presence in
progressive (taxation etc)
to enter or exit / to go through
HSK 7-9
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!
Hu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the "Global Times" 環球時報|环球时报 2005-2021
enterprising spirit / initiative
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
stepper motor
(computing) access (to a network)
to forge ahead vigorously / to dedicate oneself to progress
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
to enter the capital / to go to Beijing
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
to advance prematurely
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
to plunge into / to run headlong into
not improving; backward; below par
to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
step by step system
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
radicalization / to radicalize
to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料)
to burst in
(official accolade) advanced individual; exemplary individual
opening price
successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
Wujin, a district of Changzhou City 常州市, Jiangsu

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