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HSK
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
HSK 4
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
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to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
opening ceremony
HSK 5
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
development zone
HSK 7-9
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed)
HSK 7-9
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
development cycle / development period / also written 開發週期|开发周期
development cycle / development period
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
opening ceremony
innovative
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
Kaifu, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
to draw up (a document)
to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
Cairo, capital of Egypt
to set sail
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
HSK 7-9
to open shop
open-source software (OSS)
(slang) to dox
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
to open a book / open-book (exam)
to start a match / the kick-off
developer
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging
unboxing / to unbox
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex
pioneer
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
pioneering / groundbreaking
open system
to expel from school
to instruct (novices); to preach; to teach; to reveal
to launch into an angry tirade; to start berating sb
developer
(literary) to allow / to permit
school begins / give a course / teach a subject
to pioneer a frontier area / to open up new territory
to exculpate / to absolve / to exonerate
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
to leave a blank to mark censored area
motorists
to begin a (judicial) court session
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
celebration on opening a business
to offend sb / to give offense / to displease
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible
to open (sth that has been sealed)
founder
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
to end abstinence / to resume (drinking) after a break / to break (a taboo)
to start an opera
(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
to begin a lecture / to start on a story
Kaiping, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
to one's heart's content / without restraint
to absolve sb from guilt / to exonerate / to exculpate
starter / appetizer
wide / open (spaces) / to open up
HSK 7-9
a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy

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