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to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer
HSK 4
to recommend / to introduce (from outside)
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to quote; to cite / to recommend; to appoint / (computing) reference
HSK 7-9
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
engine (loanword) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 7-9
to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions)
HSK 7-9
to coerce (sb into doing sth bad) / to lure (into a trap) / to seduce
HSK 7-9
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
HSK 7-9
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to enchant / fascinating
HSK 7-9
to draw into / to pull into / to introduce
HSK 7-9
(math.) lemma
to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation)
to regard it as an honor (idiom)
foreword / introduction
to induce labor (childbirth)
gravitation (force) / attraction
quotation mark (punct.)
fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle
to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online
lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom)
to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
to guide / to show the way
to extradite
quotation / citation
chin-up (physical exercise)
to introduce (sb) / (esp.) to present to the emperor
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
introduction / primer / opening words
to recommend sb; to give a referral
to extract / to draw out
fuze; detonator
to cite / to quote / to cite as evidence
quotation
to kindle / to light a fire
to lead to / to draw to / to steer towards
bridge approach
lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
to quote
index (loanword)
to retire from office / to resign
to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run
fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
irrigation channel
to tantalize / to lead on / to tease
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
lead / pin (computer hardware)
gravitational wave
(Internet slang) to bait others into an argument
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
(agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal
(agriculture) to plant an introduced variety
extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense
to admit responsibility and resign
usher / guide
to ignite / to kindle
to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
to lure away / to divert
to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)
water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering
detonator
to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
to leave / to say goodbye
(car) hood / bonnet
kindling
tipping point
lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
(electronics) lead frame
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
fuzing system
to mislead / to lead astray
gravitational field
to avoid arousing suspicions
boot sector
quotation / citing / to cite / to reference
reported speech (in grammar)
kindling (to light a fire)
lit. to lead the water through the wall / to ask for trouble (idiom)
to commit suicide
to invite trouble
to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)
to ignite; to detonate
quotation
unquote / end of quote
unquote / end of quote
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble


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