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HSK
commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently
HSK 2
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible
HSK 4
rare; seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
HSK 7-9
rare / rarely seen
HSK 7-9
very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
HSK 7-9
can be seen everywhere
HSK 7-9
from this, it can be seen that...
HSK 7-9
rarely seen
HSK 7-9
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
unfamiliar / rarely seen
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL: 個|个
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see
to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all; to be well accustomed (to sth)
one and only (idiom); rarely seen / unique of its kind
to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period)
to have no offspring / never to be seen again; unique
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
seen periodically
lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldly
commonly seen
unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
a person's face as seen from the front
to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
unprecedented / never seen before
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)
the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom) / one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed
Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists
evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony
(neologism c. 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is exploited for its value to the nation
in no shape to be seen / unpresentable / beyond recognition
no trace to be seen
to disregard (sth seen as negligible) / to neglect (sth seen as insignificant)
cannot see / cannot be seen / invisible
a French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao


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