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HSK
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
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 hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *開* | 開* | *開
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
(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 drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
HSK 1
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
wide / open (spaces) / to open up
HSK 7-9
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
beginning / to start
HSK 6
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
to expel from school
to open up a port for trade / to open treaty ports
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget)
Mizar; Zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper / see 開陽縣|开阳县
beginning / start / opening / in the beginning / to start / to open
to issue an infringement notice
to start a print run
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition)
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
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
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to open (sth that has been sealed)
opening ceremony
HSK 5
to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
pioneer / groundbreaker
to start providing food / to open today's service in a canteen
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
Costco (warehouse club chain)
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
driver / person driving a vehicle
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
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 open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
open set (math.)
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
development zone
HSK 7-9
to drive at high speed / (fig.) rush through one's work
to open shop
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
to open an account (bank etc)
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
enlightened sovereign
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
kettle
Kaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
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 pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to open a book / open-book (exam)
Cairo, capital of Egypt
to fire / to discharge
open systems interconnection / OSI
to leave in stealth / to slip away
to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
Cairo University
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
at the outset / at first / early
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
to straighten out / to explain / to ease sb's anxiety
to release (a prisoner)
Cayman Islands
(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off
to give the green light / to give the go-ahead
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
to declare at the outset (idiom)
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
to mine / to open a seam
to open up land (for agriculture)

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