| | to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) | HSK 1 |
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| | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | HSK 3 |
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| | to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as | HSK 4 |
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| | as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) | HSK 3 |
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| | clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes | HSK 6 |
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| | to serve as / to act as / to play the role of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | importation and exportation; import-export / access point; opening that serves as an entrance or exit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve as evidence for (an accusation etc); to reinforce (a perception); to bear out; to substantiate | |
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| | sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor | |
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| | effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | apprentice / to serve an apprenticeship | |
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| | to use for the purpose of / to serve as | |
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| | boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste | |
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| | to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve in the role of / (sports) to play as (midfielder, defender etc) | |
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| | to bear witness; to testify / to serve as evidence | |
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| | used in 彷彿｜仿佛 / (Note: While 仿 is not officially designated as the simplified form of 彷, it serves as the de facto simplification when 彷 is pronounced fǎng.) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law) | |
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| | to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number) / to serve as stopgap | |
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| | to serve food | |
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| | to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher | |
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| | Serve the People!, CCP political slogan | |
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| | to serve / to wait upon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model | HSK 7-9 |
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| | two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final) | |
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| | to warm up wine / wine served warm, generally referring to Chinese wine such as 黃酒｜黄酒 or 白酒 | |
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| | to serve (food, tea etc) | |
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| | (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should | HSK 7-9 |
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| | common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan | |
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| | (tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off | |
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| | by way of / to serve as | |
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| | to serve | |
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| | to serve; to wait upon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | next office holder / next to serve | |
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| | to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve | |
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| | bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well | |
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| | machine-readable card that serves as a ticket (Tw) | |
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| | noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour | |
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| | (coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day | |
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| | to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate | |
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| | to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) | |
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| | wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup) / Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] | |
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| | to serve (in some capacity) / to work for | |
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| | (at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer / to serve food | |
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| | to serve in the army / to be a soldier | |
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| | to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs | |
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| | (of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal; to dish out the food | |
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| | to serve tea (to guests) | |
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| | Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors | |
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| | to serve a meal | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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| | to serve / to attend upon | |
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| | to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show | |
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| | to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table) | |
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| | to attend to / to care for (patients etc) / to look after / to wait upon / to serve / also written 伏侍, see also 服事 | |
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| | serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang) | |
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| | Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋｜张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution | |
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| | noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack | |
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| | to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
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| | lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
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| | to serve in the army / in active service | |
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| | banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive | |
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| | Shi Lang (1621–1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties | |
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| | to serve as / to be a substitute for | |
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| | to serve as foil to one another | |
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| | Li Fuchun (1900–1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC | |
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| | next office holder / next to serve | |
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| | to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer | |
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| | to serve as a foil; to highlight through contrast | |
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| | bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize | |
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| | to enlist / to serve in the army | |
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| | Hart or Herd (name) / Robert Hart (1835-1911), Englishman who served 1863-1911 in Qing dynasty customs office | |
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| | to serve a prison sentence | |
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| | to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將｜将 | |
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| | to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product | |
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| | to send away to serve a penal sentence | |
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| | (idiom) in order of arrival; first come, first served | |
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| | the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served | |
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| | fruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits served in sweetened coconut milk, yogurt or fruit syrup | |
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| | zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) | |
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| | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) / (fig.) fathead / a good-for-nothing | |
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| | (of a stock) to fall below the issue price / (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局｜破发球局) | |
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| | to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy | |
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| | (Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc) / Taiwan pr. [rou4 sao4] | |
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| | to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc) / (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace / (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription | |
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| | fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate | |
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| | first come first served | |
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| | self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly | |
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| | (loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750 | |
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| | to serve as a stopgap / to make up a shortfall in the number of people | |
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| | to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb | |
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| | pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces | |
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| | noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc | |
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| | used properly / used for its intended purpose / to put to good use / to serve its purpose | |
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| | She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times | |
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| | to serve in the army | |
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