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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *修* | 修* | *修
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)
HSK 3
to decorate / interior decoration / to fit up / to renovate
HSK 4
to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy
HSK 4
to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress
HSK 5
to decorate / decoration / decorative / ornamental
HSK 5
to make more beautiful / to decorate / embellishment
HSK 7-9
to decorate; to adorn; to dress up / to disguise oneself
HSK 7-9
to decorate / to adorn / sprinkled / studded / only for show
HSK 7-9
to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar)
decorated archway
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饰* | 饰* | *饰
decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag / to extrude something though a piping bag / piping
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix
art gallery / decorated corridor
decorated pleasure boat
decorated lantern; lantern light
to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
to decorate / to dress up / to deck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旄* | 旄* | *旄
banner decorated with animal's tail
to decorate for festive occasions / to be wounded in action
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
to decorate / decoration
decorated carriage
to festoon / to decorate with a row of colored garlands
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
interior decorating
bow decorated with animal horns
Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda
lever-style guillotine decorated with a dragon's head at the hinged end, used to behead criminals related to the emperor
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
to decorate
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榊* | 榊* | *榊
(Japanese kokuji) sakaki (Cleyera japonica), evergreen tree used in Shinto to decorate sacred spaces
egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter)
valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
decorated hat or helmet in Chinese opera to characterize role
ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel
beautifully decorated window
wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium
lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom) / fig. to embellish (one's CV, etc) / to keep up appearances / to put up a front
to decorate with tin foil
carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
to carve / to decorate / carved / decorated
Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials


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