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HSK
many / a lot of / much
HSK 2
to allow / to permit
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *许* | 许* | *许
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
HSK 7-9
license / authorization / permit
HSK 7-9
Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳 (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义 is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *许* | 许* | *许
surname Xu
Hsu Hsin-liang (1941-), Taiwanese politician
betrothed
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
promise / pledge
for a long time / for ages
to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages)
wishing pond
to make a promise
to become engaged / to affiance (a daughter)
allowed to marry
to allow / permit
licensing agreement (for intellectual property)
Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字
to accept a marriage proposal
Xuchang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
to express a wish (to a deity)
Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
wishing well
Xu Qinfu (1891-1953), journalist and writer
Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) / neurolemmocyte


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