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HSK
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
to separate / to part
HSK 2
to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
HSK 1
open; overt; public / to make public; to release
HSK 3
to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out
HSK 3
to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
HSK 4
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
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 hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to depart; to leave
HSK 2
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  *開* | 開* | *開
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
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
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
to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
HSK 3
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
HSK 3
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
wide / open (spaces) / to open up
HSK 7-9
to separate
HSK 4
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
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to open wide / unrestrictedly
HSK 7-9
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
HSK 4
to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
to expel from school
to open up a port for trade / to open treaty ports
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget)
Mizar; Zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper / see 開陽縣|开阳县
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
to issue an infringement notice
to start a print run
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition)
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
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
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
to reopen
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
to boil
opening ceremony
HSK 5
to be awfully (busy etc)
plain boiled water
(idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
to lift open / to tear open
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles
HSK 7-9
to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast
to throw out / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
military spending
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
perturbative expansion (physics)
pioneer / groundbreaker
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
to spread out / to unfold
to start providing food / to open today's service in a canteen
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
Costco (warehouse club chain)
to restart; to reboot
software development
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
HSK 7-9
to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path)
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
driver / person driving a vehicle
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
HSK 7-9
to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
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 open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
expanded view
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
to assume a fighting stance / (fig.) to take the offensive
open set (math.)
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands

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