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HSK
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
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
HSK 2
before / formerly / previous / ago
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
since (a previous event)
HSK 3
within / less than
HSK 4
as well as / too / and
HSK 4
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
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  *以* | 以* | *以
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
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
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  *㠯* | 㠯* | *㠯
old variant of
HSK 7-9
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  *㕥* | 㕥* | *㕥
old variant of
HSK 7-9
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
to the south of (suffix)
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
to give one's heart to / to devote one's life to
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
an Israeli / an Israelite
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
to provide work to relieve poverty
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
abbr. for Israel 以色列
Israel
Ether-
and so on / in a similar fashion
to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
by way of / to serve as
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
Ethernet
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
to use violence to curb violence
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good
to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
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
in the proper order / the following
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
(lit.) to take a part for the whole / to generalize
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)
since (some point in the past)
to barter / barter
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
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 judge sb by appearances (idiom)
in support or witness hereof (idiom)
Book of Isaiah
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
to replace one tyranny by another / to use violence against violence
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
to manage a situation badly (idiom)
to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
to the east of (suffix)
to the north of (suffix)
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
to the west of (suffix)
Ethereum
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
for the sake of / in order to
Book of Esther
Book of Ezekiel
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders
to name sth after a person / named after / eponymous
people-oriented
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
Eleazar (son of Eluid)
Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
to learn from history (idiom)
harmony is to be prized
Israel-Egypt
Ethernet
Ethernet port
Ethernet
to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
Israeli-Palestinian
Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
Epistle of St Paul to the Ephesians
using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness

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