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HSK
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
to separate / to part
HSK 2
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
HSK 4
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
HSK 4
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to depart; to leave
HSK 2
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
inseparable / inevitably linked to
HSK 4
to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
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to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
opening ceremony
HSK 5
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
open letter
HSK 7-9
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
HSK 3
development zone
HSK 7-9
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed)
HSK 7-9
to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
HSK 3
to separate
HSK 4
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
development cycle / development period / also written 開發週期|开发周期
development cycle / development period
to open wide / unrestrictedly
HSK 7-9
to open up / to spread / to extend
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
to start from scratch
opening ceremony
Michelangelo (Tw)
flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
to open wide
innovative
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to reduce spending / to cut spending
to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
HSK 4
to burst forth
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
to saw
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
Kaifu, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
to throw out / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
to draw up (a document)
(of news) to spread / to get around
to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
Asian Development Bank
(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot / (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
Cairo, capital of Egypt
to set sail
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
HSK 7-9
Nankai University (Tianjin)
(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
to ignore an issue (idiom)
to open shop
(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
imaginative / to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
open-source software (OSS)
(slang) to dox
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
to be awfully (busy etc)
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
to burst with joy
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
to open a book / open-book (exam)
to start a match / the kick-off
developer
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging

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