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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy
HSK 1
capability / ability / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to be capable of / to be able to / can
HSK 2
whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible?
HSK 6
capable / competent
HSK 4
energy / capabilities
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *能* | 能* | *能
surname Neng
to be either weak or strong both have their purpose (idiom)
(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
energy consumption
HSK 7-9
ability / capability
HSK 7-9
highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
expert
energy level
capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
HSK 7-9
initiative / active role
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible
energy efficiency
conservation of energy (physics)
able to do sth / in a position to do sth / same as 能夠|能够
visibility
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
glib of tongue (idiom) / eloquent
energy crisis
energy drink
(idiom) to be literate and numerate
ready to take any job, high or low
particular abilities / one's forte
energy metabolism
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible
can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents


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