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Pīnyīn
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HSK
apprentice / disciple
HSK 6
to be on foot
HSK 7-9
in vain
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(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒 "swindler" or 叛徒 "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare; empty / (bound form) to no avail; in vain / (bound form) merely; just; only / (bound form) prison sentence
hiking
futile
to work to no avail (idiom)
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
(of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting)
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
apprentice / trainee worker
(Tw) car-free zone / pedestrian zone
to only have
prison sentence
futile endeavor (idiom)
to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
freehand drawing
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
hiking trail
(archaic) barefooted and barebreasted


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