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HSK
before / formerly / previous / ago
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
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
so that / so as to / in order to
HSK 5
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㕥* | 㕥* | *㕥
old variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㠯* | 㠯* | *㠯
old variant of
HSK 7-9
an Israeli / an Israelite
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *以* | 以* | *以
abbr. for Israel 以色列
Israel
(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
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
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 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)
to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
since (some point in the past)
in the proper order / the following
to use violence to curb violence
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
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)
to the south of (suffix)
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)
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
to be prepared for accidents
debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
to number in the thousands

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