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HSK
to investigate / to probe
HSK 6
to explore; to probe
HSK 6
to probe; to survey
HSK 7-9
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  *探* | 探* | *探
to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
HSK 7-9
to go home to visit one's family
HSK 7-9
to explore / to go on an expedition / adventure
HSK 7-9
to seek / to pursue / to investigate
HSK 7-9
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
to inspect metal for flaws (using X-ray or ultrasound etc)
to ascertain / to verify
probe
to search / to seek / to explore
to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into
to seek by inquiry or search / to call on / to visit
to find a path
searchlight
to extend one's head (out or into) / a probe / detector / search unit
to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown
(of a detective) to investigate a case
to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
(police) detective
to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals
to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly
(of stock prices, etc) to slump; to dip
tango (dance) (loanword)
to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around
to visit a sick person or patient
intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil
to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry
to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie / in the bag
(mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well
to inquire into / to ask after
candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
to feel for sth / to grope
mounted scout (arch.)
to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors
to make inquiries about sb or sth / to fish for information
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub
to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)
to inquire into / to ask after
to make a trip home
to explore / to survey / to prospect (for oil etc) / prospecting
to detect mines / mine detection
to try out a restaurant and film a video to share on the Internet
detector; probe
to visit / to go to see what's going on
explorer
exploratory
lunar exploration
prospector / person exploring for minerals
exploratory
to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning
to sound out opinions / to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning / also written 探口風|探口风
detective / investigator / agent
to seek unusual scenery or places
dipstick / measuring rod
to probe deeply and uncover minute details
(cognitive psychology) probe letter
visitation rights (law)
Pathfinder, NASA spacecraft sent to Mars in 1977
to bend forward / to lean out
explorer
mine detector (employee)
erhua variant of 探頭探腦|探头探脑


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