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HSK
to report (news) / report / CL: ,
HSK 3
flavor; taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest; delight / (dialect) smell; odor
HSK 2
together
HSK 6
to know; to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5]
HSK 1
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road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
road / path / way / CL: 條|条
HSK 2
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
HSK 3
track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital
HSK 6
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
frequency / (television) channel
HSK 5
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
HSK 4
main street / avenue
HSK 6
Taoism / Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
HSK 6
irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK 7-9
lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
virtue / morality / ethics / CL: 種|种
HSK 5
sewer
to apologize
HSK 6
(communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage
HSK 6
intestines / gut
same principle
sidewalk
HSK 7-9
shortcut / a quicker method
tunnel / causeway
HSK 7-9
authentic / genuine / proper
HSK 7-9
to make sense; reasonable
to achieve the Dao / to become an immortal
arterial road / main road / main watercourse
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
one-way street
Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
humanism / humanitarian (aid)
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
opening providing access / the teaching of Confucius
urethra / urinary tract
Daoist
(computing) gateway (Tw)
rampant / very popular
old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
sermon / to sermonize / to preach / to evangelize
to preach (the Christian gospel)
sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage
the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
vice / immorality / moral turpitude
to come into contact with / to have dealings
HSK 7-9
thoroughgoing / authentic / 100% / to the core
negligible; insignificant
HSK 7-9
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
to yell
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
clear and logical
HSK 7-9
original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈
spoken lines in opera
(Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication
to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon
ballistic missile
If I had known earlier...
synthetic athletics track / tartan track
friar; frater
doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things
filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter
(telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
coprodeum (in birds)
pedestrian underpass
digestive tract
way of life / attitude / modus operandi
one word says it all (idiom) / to hit the nail on the head / to be pithy and correct
Japanese tea ceremony / sado
HSK 7-9
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
(theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
railway line / rail track
words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral
main channel
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion / dissident group
immoral
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
inhuman (idiom) / brutal and unfeeling
to talk rubbish
to start one's career / (of an entertainer) to make one's debut
HSK 7-9
tunnel
HSK 7-9
South Jeolla Province, in southwest South Korea, capital Gwangju 光州
to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
Hokkaidō, Japan
winding road / road curve
traffic lane / driveway
HSK 7-9
to discuss sth enthusiastically
kendō (sports)
strength / power / efficacy
fast lane
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
(idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
kind and honest / generous / sincere
HSK 7-9

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