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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
to amend / to alter / to modify
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脩* | 脩* | *脩
variant of
HSK 3
to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb
HSK 4
to restore; to renovate / (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
HSK 5
to build / to construct
HSK 5
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
to repair a bike (car etc)
HSK 6
to revise
HSK 7-9
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
to repair a road
HSK 7-9
to mend
HSK 7-9
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
to practice Daoism
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
surname Xiu
to study at school
amendment / revised draft
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
to amend a law
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
revised edition (of a book)
to prune / to trim
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
rhetoric
to renovate / to repair (a building)
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
repair shop
to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds
pedicure
member of religious order / frater
correction fluid
Xiuwen County in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳, Guizhou
manicure
to study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
rhetoric
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
to study / to practice
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
to build / to repair
to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification
to cultivate friendship with neighbors
to compile / to compose
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作, Henan
monastery / convent
revisionism
(grammar) modifier / qualifier / adjunct
friar; frater
(literary) long and arduous (road)
to build
to repair / to renovate
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
to practice (an activity) / to perform
to retouch images / image retouching
to cultivate one's moral character / (fashion) slim-fit / body-hugging
to have a shave / to enhance the appearance of the face
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
to make level; to make even; to trim
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
to amend an ordinance (abbr. for 修改條例|修改条例)
to take a course
to amend the constitution
tinker
order (of monks)
a cobbler
voicing (adjustment of timbre, loudness etc of organ or other musical instrument)
manicure
revised draft / new version (of a document)
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
religious order
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
to revise
(Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅|修罗 fought the gods; (fig.) a scene of cruelty and carnage; (slang) emotionally charged confrontation (esp. one involving a love triangle)
pedicurist
construction plan
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
revised edition / revised version
figure of speech
repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)
seminary (Christian college)
modifier (grammar)


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