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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *追* | 追* | *追
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously
HSK 3
to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo
HSK 4
to investigate / to look into
HSK 6
memorial service / funeral service
HSK 7-9
to track; to trace; to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
HSK 7-9
to chase / to pursue vigorously
HSK 7-9
to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter
HSK 7-9
to follow / to accompany
HSK 7-9
lit. to go upstream / to trace sth back to / to date from
HSK 7-9
to pursue / to chase after / to accelerate / to catch up with / to overtake
HSK 7-9
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
HSK 7-9
to pursue and attack
to pursue / to track down / to search
to chase to kill
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *追* | 追* | *追
to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)
to demand payment of money owing
to overtake
to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)
to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
to try to find out; to trace; to track down
to recover (sth lost or stolen) / to get back
follower / adherent / following
memorial / recollection (of the deceased)
to recollect / to recall (past times) / to look back
to confer a posthumous title
(theater) spotlight
to recover (stolen property) / to pursue and force sb to give back the spoils
to order the return of stolen goods
to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title
to recall / to bring to mind / to reminisce
to grant a posthumous honorary title or name
to recount what happened prior to events already known
to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth
to give to the departed / to confer (a title) posthumously
proceeding at a tremendous pace / getting on like a house on fire
(law) period during which one can prosecute or sue sb (as stipulated by a statute of limitations)
to mourn; to pay last respects
to pursue and kill / to wipe out
to get to the heart of the matter
a supplement / additional budget
to posthumously award
to pursue / to be after / to hunt down
to pray for the soul of a deceased
to demand payment / to extort / to trace / to seek / to pursue / to explore
to pursue closely / to press / to demand (payment) / to extort (a concession)
to recollect
to recall
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
to trace sth back to its origin
to repent / remorse
to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
to award posthumously / to write down afterwards / retrospective account
recollections / to relate (past events)
to pursue and attack a fleeing enemy
to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch
to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace / favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand
to prosecute / given leave to sue
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
passionate fan (of a celebrity); stan
to idolize a celebrity
(slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil; to chase the dragon
memorial service / memorial meeting
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
to chase and beat
to hold accountable
(Tw) (vaccine) booster dose / booster shot
posthumous honorific name
tracking number (of a package shipment)
pursuit race / chase
(theater) spotlight / followspot
to pursue and eliminate / to suppress
(idiom) to seek fame and wealth
avid fan who anxiously awaits new content
In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷|史景迁
eulogy
to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products)
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
to track sth to its roots
erhua variant of 追根究底
to flog / to cane (as punishment)
top soil dressing / additional fertilizer
to interrogate / to question closely
to purchase in addition (an extra item)
follow-up report
follow-up study / investigative follow-up
to follow the trail of / to track / to trace
to recover (lost property or money) / to win back


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