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HSK
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
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  *对* | 对* | *对
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
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
HSK 3
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
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
HSK 5
regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
HSK 4
(sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
HSK 2
to talk (with sb) / dialogue; conversation
HSK 2
to treat / treatment
HSK 3
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
as far as I'm concerned
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
symmetry / symmetrical
HSK 7-9
axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture)
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
control group
to do battle (with sb)
foreign trade
hedging (finance)
to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
HSK 6
to play go, chess etc
HSK 7-9
opposite bank (of a body of water)
to align / (typography) to justify
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
intercom / walkie-talkie
courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
to sit facing each other
to join up / to dock / a joint (between components)
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
internal / national / domestic (policy)
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact
to focus (a camera)
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
symmetry
to collide head-on
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
suitable; to one's liking / to get along together
convection
half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
to exchange / to swap
dialog box (computing)
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
foreign relations
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
hedge fund
correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
(policy etc) towards China
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
consideration (in exchange for shares) / a quid pro quo
CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
(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
dialogue (for stage performance)
to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
to place a bet (with sb) / to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a business venture)
(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language
a particle collider
opposite angle
to swap places / to exchange roles
(psychology) contrastive association
to squint / to one's liking
prawn / shrimp
Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
to one's taste / to one's liking
adversary / opponent
to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
a profit equal to the amount one invested / (math.) involution
in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer
to look at each other
antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
confrontation / contest / showdown
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
to serve as foil to one another
foreign policy
to supply the answering phrase
to compare a product with (a rival product) / to benchmark against (another product)
color contrast
symmetry breaking (physics)
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
to verify accounting records
partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner
to confront / to face the enemy
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity
to look face to face
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
(math.) duality
lip synching
pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
proper
enantiomeric isomerism (chemistry)

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