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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稱* | 稱* | *稱
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
HSK 2
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  *獎* | 獎* | *獎
prize; award; bonus; reward / (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise / to award; to give as a reward
HSK 4
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
HSK 4
to praise / to commend
HSK 4
to admire / to praise / to appreciate
HSK 4
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me
HSK 5
to praise / to approve of / to show approval
HSK 7-9
to admire / to praise / to eulogize
HSK 7-9
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  *許* | 許* | *許
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
HSK 7-9
public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誇* | 誇* | *誇
to boast; to exaggerate / to praise
HSK 7-9
to flaunt / to advertise / to parade / boost / excessive praise
HSK 7-9
to praise / to applaud / to compliment
HSK 7-9
to praise / to laud
HSK 7-9
to praise / to speak highly of / compliment / praise
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
HSK 7-9
to be full of praise (idiom)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘉* | 嘉* | *嘉
excellent / auspicious / to praise / to commend
how could one dare? / I don't deserve such praise
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頌* | 頌* | *頌
ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贊* | 贊* | *贊
to patronize / to support / to praise / (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *譽* | 譽* | *譽
to praise / to acclaim / reputation
not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)
to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise
favorable / praise
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讚* | 讚* | *讚
variant of 贊|赞 / to praise
to praise / well done, bravo!
to praise highly / an accolade
to praise / to speak highly of / to commend
(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
to praise
to commend / to praise
to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise
to eulogize / to praise
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
to praise / to commend
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise. / You flatter me too much.
flattering words / inflated praise
(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning) / incomprehensible nonsense / preposterous bullshit
to praise / to commend / to hallow
(lit.) blowing the trumpet / (fig.) to praise sb / (slang) to give a blowjob
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
enthusiastic praise / to praise highly
to bless / to praise
to praise
to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal
(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
to praise / to compliment
sickening / corny / sappy / maudlin / fulsome (of praise)
lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褒* | 褒* | *褒
to praise / to commend / to honor / (of clothes) large or loose
to praise / to extol / to publicize / to advocate
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice
to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
to praise sb to his face
to praise sb in his presence
every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
to applaud and praise a favorite actor
to overpraise / You praise me too much!
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults
to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)
lit. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful style
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere / universal approbation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闁* | 闁* | *闁
old variant of / to praise
to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
to show deference or praise publicly
to praise / recognition
praise
praise
to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
Hosanna (in Christian praise)
(neologism c. 2017) (slang) over-the-top praise
to praise to the skies; to shower with excessive praise
contaminated milk (esp. milk products adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) / (slang) a jinx effect from praising or supporting sb too much
to praise lavishly
to be praised by everyone
to praise
to eulogize / to pass on praise
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living / fig. to live in the past (idiom)
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
(before a two-syllable verb) considerably / greatly (exaggerate) / vehemently (oppose) / severely (punish) / extensively (refurbish) / effusively (praise)
to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
to praise profusely
to heap praise on
to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor
feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor / general term for saint in former times / term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国 / Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
to get more criticism than praise
term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称) / to praise sb in their presence


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