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right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
to treat / treatment
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the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
HSK 4
to handle; to deal with; to tackle / to get by with; to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
HSK 4
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
HSK 5
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
HSK 6
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
symmetry / symmetrical
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rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
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to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
to play go, chess etc
HSK 7-9
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
proper
couplet
to confront / to face the enemy
pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one
duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
(thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points)
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
to disagree / I can't agree with that.
to attack (one another)
(geometry) a diagonal
to focus (a camera)
to set or synchronize a watch
(botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
to align / (typography) to justify
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
to join up / to dock / a joint (between components)
(a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
dialog box (computing)
intercom / walkie-talkie
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
(of armies) to face each other, ready for battle / (sports) (of two teams) to play against each other
partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner
equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity
internal / national / domestic (policy)
opposite angle
in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer
to lip-sync
suitable / to one's liking
counterpoint (in music etc) / to align / alignment
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
(longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
buttoned Chinese jacket
to squint / to one's liking
to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
suitable; to one's liking / to get along together
to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
confrontation
across / opposite / the other side
a profit equal to the amount one invested / (math.) involution
public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue
to be the mirror image of sth / enantiomorphic / antipodal / enantiomeric (chemistry)
prawn / shrimp
it's nothing personal (idiom)
antagonistic
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
(of actors) to practice lines together; to rehearse a dialogue
bayonet practice in pairs
to one's taste / to one's liking
tasty / to one's liking
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
to exchange / to swap
to sit face-to-face and drink
troposphere / lower atmosphere
logarithm
to sit facing each other
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
convection
antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
to swap places / to exchange roles
correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
the building or room opposite
to confront sb with accusation / written charge in court (in former times) / to take sb to court
to serve as foil to one another

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