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HSK
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
shade of a tree / Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4]
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樾* | 樾* | *樾
shade of trees
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荫* | 荫* | *荫
(bound form) shade (of a tree)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荫* | 荫* | *荫
shade
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翳* | 翳* | *翳
feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract
the shade (of a tree)
to cool off in the shade
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庥* | 庥* | *庥
protection / shade
shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade
to dry in the shade
to provide shade / Taiwan pr. [zhe1yin4]
in the shade / shady
shade (of a tree)
to be shaded or concealed by foliage / to conceal / hidden / covert / shade (of a tree)
to give shade (of a tree etc) / to shield
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荫* | 荫* | *荫
variant of 蔭|荫, shade
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor
tree shade / shady
light and shade
(idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
to provide shade
shade (of lipstick etc); color option
to shade one's eyes with one's hand
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫


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