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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *试* | 试* | *试
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *找* | 找* | *找
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
HSK 1
good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive / hard-working; conscientious
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赶* | 赶* | *赶
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
HSK 3
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尝* | 尝* | *尝
to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劝* | 劝* | *劝
to advise / to urge / to try to persuade / to exhort / to console / to soothe
HSK 5
upward / up / to advance / to try to improve oneself / to make progress
HSK 5
to attempt / to try / attempt / CL: 種|种
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *审* | 审* | *审
to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
HSK 7-9
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape
HSK 7-9
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
HSK 7-9
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
a trial / to try sb
HSK 7-9
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
HSK 7-9
to show off / to try to be brave
HSK 7-9
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
(of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
(coll.) to cultivate good relations with sb / to try to gain favor with sb
lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
to retry / to try again
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *诈* | 诈* | *诈
to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
inquest / trial / interrogation / to try / to interrogate
to be trying to get pregnant
to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry
to try out (a game, toy etc)
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撵* | 撵* | *撵
to expel / to oust / (dialect) to chase after / to try to catch up with
to work hard / to try to make a living
to discuss together / to try to reach a common judgment / panel discussion
to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / (fig.) to try sth new
to try to find out; to trace; to track down
to try to please
to give it a try
to try on (clothes) / fitting
(law) to try (a criminal case) and reach a conclusion
one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of / CL: , 樁|桩
to mount a psychological attack / to try to demoralize / to try to win over / to try to persuade / (TCM) to fall into a coma or stupor due to an excess of emotion
polite phrase; conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb
to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
to mediate in a quarrel / to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
friendly one-upmanship / to try to emulate
lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
a tried and tested medical prescription
to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
well-tried / time-tested
to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
to try to stop a fight / to intervene in a fight
to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility)
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible
lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's capabilities
to offer an explanation / to plead innocence / to try to defend oneself
making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out / to do one's utmost
to try to make one's case using false arguments
lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom) / fig. seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again
to try sth out / trial / pilot scheme
to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation / to justify oneself / to find excuses
to put effort into sth / to try really hard
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
to deliberate and decide / to try and punish / trial and execution
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
to try to cover up / hiding place
to try to survive
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
(idiom) to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best
not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed
to succeed at the first try (idiom) / easy as pie / one can do it at once
lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
to examine; to investigate; to try to determine
a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)
to try by all available methods
(coll.) to try to

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