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HSK
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
that level or higher; that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
and; as well as
HSK 4
within / less than
HSK 4
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
down to / up to / to the extent that...
HSK 7-9
to such an extent as to / down to / up to
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㕥* | 㕥* | *㕥
old variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㠯* | 㠯* | *㠯
old variant of
HSK 7-9
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Eleazar (son of Eluid)
an Israeli / an Israelite
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
abbr. for Israel 以色列
to kill sb for a trifle
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
and so on / in a similar fashion
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
by way of / to serve as
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
(of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
to barter / barter
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
Ethernet
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
to provide work to relieve poverty
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
since (some point in the past)
in the proper order / the following
to use violence to curb violence
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
to replace one tyranny by another / to use violence against violence
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
Book of Ezekiel
to manage a situation badly (idiom)
Ethereum
Book of Isaiah
to the west of (suffix)
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
to the east of (suffix)
to the north of (suffix)
Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians
to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
Israel
harmony is to be prized
Isaac (son of Abraham)
Ephraim (city)
for the benefit of the reader
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
to learn from history (idiom)
Israeli soldiers
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
for the sake of / in order to
to serve as a warning (idiom)
Israel-Egypt
Eluid (son of Achim)
Book of Esther
to regard as / to treat as
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
to name sth after a person / named after / eponymous
people-oriented
(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing
to be prepared for accidents
debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
to number in the thousands
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine

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