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HSK
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
reason / grounds / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *理* | 理* | *理
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up
HSK 6
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  *因* | 因* | *因
cause / reason / because
HSK 6
for this reason / with regards to this / in this respect / in order to do this / to this end
HSK 6
reason / intellect / rationality / rational
HSK 6
reason / cause
HSK 6
(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
HSK 7-9
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
without cause or reason
HSK 7-9
reason / rationality / rational
HSK 7-9
(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
HSK 7-9
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  *乖* | 乖* | *乖
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
HSK 7-9
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
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  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
perfectly all right / without rhyme or reason
main reason
normally / as things should be / by rights / to reason things out / logic
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
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  *缘* | 缘* | *缘
cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
idle person; idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place
to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
to reason / to argue logically
reason / sense
reason / cause
reason; cause
according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
for this reason
to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
(literary) why?; for what reason?
ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
for no reason / gratuitously
to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
cause / reason / interest / influence
what for? / what's the reason?
for the same reason
(idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably
for no reason (idiom)
to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc) / to resort to (a course of action)
according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to
(idiom) fair and reasonable; sensible; standing to reason
maybe / possibly / there is reason to believe
pretext / excuse / justification / reason
due to / to stem from / to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc) / to go against (expectations)
(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
(idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable
lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) / to do something with good reason / to have just cause
to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts
(idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
according to reason / in principle
inconvenient / difficult for some reason / to find sth embarrassing
to reason with sb
reason / logic
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
to have some other (reason etc)
the reason why
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons)
(derog.) (of a prominent figure) to visit (another country) (used when one disapproves of the visit for political reasons)
sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning
incoherent speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire
to think critically / (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
proper reason / reasonable grounds
(old) unprincipled; incorrect / (modern) unnatural; against reason; incredible
deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom)
present the facts and reason things out
true explanation / genuine reason
reason / rationality / rationale / reasonableness
for no reason
wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
there is a reason for it / (of sth) not incidental
(dialect) to set up separate households / (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat
for some reason
to reason with sb / to lecture
without any reason / for no reason
to be unable (to do sth) / no reason to ... / without rhyme or reason
for no reason at all
reason
to weight the matter and deliberate the reason (idiom); to weigh and consider / to deliberate
lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
to reason by analogy


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