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HSK
different / distinct / not the same / not alike
HSK 2
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  *变* | 变* | *变
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
to part; to leave each other / to distinguish; to tell apart / difference; distinction / in different ways; differently / separately; individually; respectively
HSK 3
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  *与* | 与* | *与
(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) / (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手 "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同 "different from last year") / (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
HSK 6
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  *差* | 差* | *差
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
HSK 1
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
to go separately to different places (esp. to carry out assigned tasks)
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
different / distinctive / unlike
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  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
vastly different; poles apart
HSK 7-9
varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
HSK 7-9
consultation (medical) / to meet for diagnosis / (by extension) consultation of different specialists
HSK 7-9
all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of
HSK 7-9
(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
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  *旁* | 旁* | *旁
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as , etc)
HSK 5
entirely different / different as black and white
HSK 7-9
all different / each unto his own
to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
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  *别* | 别* | *别
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别, 派別|派别)
HSK 1
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  *码* | 码* | *码
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
HSK 7-9
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  *吴* | 吴* | *吴
surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature
HSK 7-9
different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
differing from one another / mutually different
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
to express a different view / to take a different position
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different
special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
to treat differently / another cup of tea
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
many different types
not at all the same / substantially different
to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
to adjust to a different time zone
Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
to be quite varied; each one is different
(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划 and 筆畫|笔画 / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
(of a half-sibling) having the same mother but different father
completely different
two entirely different worlds; two contrasting realities
to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions)
HSK 7-9
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
to be a different person / not to be one's usual self
widely different / utterly different
different tribe
distinct; different / separately; individually / unusual; novel / (pejorative) eccentric; bizarre
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate
scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking
The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom. / Different views are admissible. (idiom)
to live under the same roof (of different generations)
to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn
to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
to lump different matters together (idiom)
HSK 7-9
a different matter / another story / (old) objection
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual
to send sb to work abroad or in a different location
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  *越* | 越* | *越
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
to use the same method to treat different diseases (TCM)
not the same; different
place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world
new and different / novelty
through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)
as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart
to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom
(of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
to be precisely the same / to be no different
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different

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