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HSK
to decorate / decoration / decorative / ornamental
HSK 5
apparel / clothing and personal adornment
HSK 7-9
to dress up
premodifier (grammar)
undisguised
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
gold ornaments
ornament / ornamentation
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
window decoration
to prettify; to dress (sth) up
head ornament
hanging decoration
clothes and ornaments
jewelry / head ornament
HSK 7-9
fringe
ornament (jewelry, accoutrements etc) / decorations
ornamental facing / veneer
to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
ornament
(idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
diamanté
ornament / pendant
interior decor
coating agent / finishing agent
to adorn / to embellish
a cover-up
sash / streamer
(theater) set dressing / trim prop
to pretend that everything is going well
modifier (grammar)
to act / to play a part
knickknack / ornament / decorative item
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
ornament / item of jewelry / accessory
ear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
decorative motif / figure
to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over
(bird species of China) buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
tassel
to carve / to decorate / carved / decorated
to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
kerchief as head ornament
pendant (jewelry)
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
to decorate / decoration
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
ornamental border
excuse / pretext
ornamental design
decorations / jewelry
postmodifier (grammar)
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation
blue lace flower (Trachymene caerulea)
to refresh / to renew


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