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HSK
in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)
HSK 4
the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them
HSK 4
superfluous / unnecessary / surplus
HSK 7-9
remainder / surplus
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餘* | 餘* | *餘
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder
HSK 7-9
margin / leeway
HSK 7-9
remnant / leftover / tolerance (i.e. allowed error)
to have lingering fears / trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餘* | 餘* | *餘
surname Yu
surplus / profit
hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)
the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster)
(math.) cosine
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
remaining
(out of) the corner of one's eyes / peripheral vision / residual light / light of the setting sun
balance / cash surplus
to have an abundance
a hundred or more
(idiom) more than enough
earthquake aftershock
to save / savings
one's remaining years
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
twilight / afterglow
aftermath / repercussions / fallout
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
after school / extracurricular
remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)
(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
Yuqing county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
redundancy / redundant
residual heat; remaining warmth / (fig.) lingering enthusiasm
to cover all at one glance (idiom) / a panoramic view
handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
(economics) surplus value
lingering fear
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
residual heat; surplus heat; waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work
in surplus
to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable
surplus money
surplus grain
after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activities
lingering sound
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
vestigial residue / a throwback (to a former age)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餘* | 餘* | *餘
variant of 餘|余, remainder
ample / surplus
ample / plentiful / affluent / relaxed / comfortable circumstances
complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
evil elements who have escaped eradication
crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks
lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work / not resting on one's laurels
variant of 餘暉|余晖
variant of 盈餘|盈余
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
lit. to have an abundance of space / room to maneuver (idiom)
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
cosecant (of angle), written cosec θ or csc θ
(of one's time) idle; unoccupied
remainder / fractional part (after the decimal point) / unfinished
residual anger
complement of a set S (math.) / the set of all x not in set S
remainder term (math.) / remainder / residue
surplus / remainder
Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
Buyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China
variant of 艅艎
remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus
the remaining people
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)
Dayu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
variant of 扶餘|扶余 Korean: Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
Yuhang district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
Yuqing county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
Chinese remainder theorem (math.)
the Remainder Theorem
residual radioactivity
residual radiation
remnants after a disaster / aftermath
congruent (math.) / having same residue modulo some number
congruence (math.) / equation for residue modulo some number
(math.) congruence class; residue class
Dayu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
richly provided for / having enough and to spare

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