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  *问* | 问* | *问
to ask; to inquire
HSK 1
question / problem / issue / topic / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
HSK 2
to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
HSK 4
questionnaire / CL:
HSK 7-9
to be published / to come out
HSK 7-9
question mark (punct.) / unknown factor / unsolved problem / interrogation
question and answer
(TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
to ask the way / to ask
to ask sb a question / question
to say hello to / to send one's regards to
lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish
to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc)
to ask for information / to inquire
to pay one's respects / to give regards to
interrogation / greeting
(idiom) to show concern about sb's well-being
to have a guilty conscience
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family
to stump sb with a question
to hit the market
field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
to stump / to baffle
to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
to hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame
accountability
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)


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