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| | to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must | HSK 4 |
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| | only if (..., or otherwise, ...) / only when / only in the case that / unless | HSK 5 |
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| | really isn't | HSK 7-9 |
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| | illegal | HSK 7-9 |
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| | right and wrong / quarrel | HSK 7-9 |
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| | only / nothing else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition | HSK 7-9 |
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| | can it be possible that / could it be | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | South Africa | |
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| | nonmetal (chemistry) | |
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| | like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) | |
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| | duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom) | |
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| | Central African Republic | |
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| | to criticize | |
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| | not only | |
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| | East Africa | |
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| | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears | |
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| | unofficial; informal | |
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| | West Africa | |
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| | either this or that / one or the other | |
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| | trouble spot / sketchy area | |
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| | atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS | |
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| | not only / not merely | |
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| | to make trouble out of nothing | |
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| | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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| | nonlinear (math.) | |
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| | impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass | |
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| | to invert right and wrong | |
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| | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
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| | were it not for / if not for | |
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| | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
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| | violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death | |
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| | another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | far from it being so (idiom) | |
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| | unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | Africa | |
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| | Sofia, capital of Bulgaria | |
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| | neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth | |
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| | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way | |
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| | tilapia | |
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| | nonviolent | |
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| | wouldn't it be ... ? | |
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| | Fes (third largest city of Morocco) | |
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| | not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind | |
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| | East African Rift Valley | |
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| | China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic | |
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| | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal | |
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| | (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | to stir up trouble | |
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| | Asia, Africa and Latin America | |
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| | inhuman / (literary) not the right person | |
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| | demilitarized zone | |
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| | an illegitimate child | |
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| | North Africa | |
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| | extremely important / no small matter | |
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| | (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed | |
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| | born out of wedlock / illegitimate | |
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| | Organization of African Unity | |
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| | irreproachable (idiom) / nothing blameworthy about it at all | |
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| | to not really understand / to half-understand | |
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| | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | nonconductor (of electricity, heat etc) | |
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| | too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom) | |
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| | things have remained the same, but people have changed | |
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| | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份 | |
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| | not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable | |
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| | to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild | |
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| | a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth | |
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| | unnatural death; violent death | |
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| | reproof / blame | |
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| | completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character | |
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| | absolutely not | |
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| | to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom) | |
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| | lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons | |
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| | to look for trouble | |
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| | amphetamine (medical) (loanword) | |
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| | abnormal / irregular | |
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| | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief | |
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| | compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love | |
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| | Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
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| | to confuse right and wrong (idiom) | |
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| | Afrikaans (language) | |
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| | asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) | |
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| | amphetamine (loanword) | |
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| | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) | |
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| | Great East African rift valley | |
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| | unconditioned reflex (physiology) | |
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