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HSK
to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
HSK 2
to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賴* | 賴* | *賴
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
HSK 6
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *許* | 許* | *許
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
HSK 7-9
to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee; warranty
HSK 7-9
promise
HSK 7-9
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
to promise / to consent (to do sth)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *諾* | 諾* | *諾
to consent / to promise / (literary) yes!
to vote against the party line / to vote contrary to one's promise
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
old promise / long-standing commitment
(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
promising / to show promise
to agree / to promise
to pledge / to promise / oath / vow
ox; cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise
to promise / to allow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踐* | 踐* | *踐
to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc)
a full mouth of (sth tangible) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) / (to agree etc) unreservedly
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
promise / pledge
to agree (to do sth) / to promise
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
bounced check; bad check / (idiom) empty promise
to break a promise / breach of contract
to agree (to do sth); to promise
lit. a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom) / fig. a promise that can be counted on
to have a future full of promise
to abide by / to keep (promises etc)
to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
to make threats and promises
to make empty promises
to promise readily
to break a promise of marriage
to break one's promise
to break a promise
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
(lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
old promises / unfulfilled promises
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
to keep promises
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises
to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
to break a promise
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主 (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
to promise to pay
oath / vow / pledge / promise
to make a promise
a promise that can be realized
each word carries weight / a promise must be kept (idiom)
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
Promised Land
to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
empty promises
to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)
to vow not to break one's promise
to be as good as one's word (idiom) / to keep one's promise
to fail to keep to one's word / to break a promise
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
promises must be kept


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