| | 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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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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 hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as | HSK 7-9 |
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| | effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to serve as / to act as / to play the role of | HSK 7-9 |
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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 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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| | (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should | 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; to wait upon | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) | |
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| | to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy | |
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| | lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold | |
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| | to deliver / to serve notice (law) | |
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| | (tennis etc) to serve / (golf) to tee off | |
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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 serve food | |
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| | to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor | |
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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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| | to serve tea (to guests) | |
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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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| | 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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| | to serve (food, tea etc) | |
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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 use for the purpose of / to serve as | |
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| | Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks | |
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| | whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food) | |
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| | to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor | |
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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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| | "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) | |
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| | to enlist / to serve in the army | |
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| | wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup) / Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] | |
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| | to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty | |
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| | self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly | |
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| | to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher | |
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| | to wait upon / to serve / to attend to sb's needs | |
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| | to serve a prison sentence | |
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| | to send away to serve a penal sentence | |
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| | next office holder / next to serve | |
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| | to serve in the army / to be a soldier | |
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| | banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive | |
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| | to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer | |
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| | to serve in the army / in active service | |
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| | by way of / to serve as | |
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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 food | |
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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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| | noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour | |
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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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| | bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well | |
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| | to serve (in some capacity) / to work for | |
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| | to serve as a foil; to set off / a foil; a contrast | |
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| | to serve a meal | |
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| | to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb | |
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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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| | to serve | |
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| | used properly / used for its intended purpose / to put to good use / to serve its purpose | |
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| | to serve / to attend upon | |
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| | pizzle / bull's penis (served as food) | |
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| | (in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information); to be a scout | |
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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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| | croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper) | |
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| | on lookout duty / to serve as lookout | |
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| | lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty / to serve sb with body and soul | |
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| | (idiom) in order of arrival; first come, first served | |
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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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| | Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia | |
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| | (coll.) to serve time in prison; (Tw) (sarcastic) to live off the prison system (getting free meals) | |
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| | to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show | |
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| | to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc | |
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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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| | to serve as a contrasting element | |
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| | to bear witness; to testify / to serve as evidence | |
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| | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides | |
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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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| | (literary) to serve as an official | |
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| | first come first served | |
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| | to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king | |
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| | to serve as foil to one another | |
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| | brain (served as a culinary dish) | |
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| | Shi Lang (1621–1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties | |
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| | to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve | |
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| | to serve in the army | |
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| | abbr. for 搭鐵接線｜搭铁接线 / chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit) | |
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| | noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc | |
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| | to serve as forced labor / to take the rap for sb | |
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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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| | Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions | |
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| | serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang) | |
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| | Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea | |
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| | Serve the People!, CCP political slogan | |
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| | Guo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877–1879 | |
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