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HSK
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  *据* | 据* | *据
variant of 據|据
HSK 6
 
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  *据* | 据* | *据
used in 拮据
 
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  *据* | 据* | *据
variant of 據|据
HSK 6
 
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  *据* | 据* | *据
according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
HSK 6
吕氏春秋
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦
记载
to write down / to record / written account
HSK 4
我国
my country; our country
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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
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  *尧* | 尧* | *尧
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
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  *舜* | 舜* | *舜
Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
时代
Time, US weekly news magazine
 
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
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  *有* | 有* | *有
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
HSK 1
春节
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
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  *扫* | 扫* | *扫
to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
HSK 4
 
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  *扫* | 扫* | *扫
(bound form) a (large) broom
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  *尘* | 尘* | *尘
dust / dirt / earth
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
风俗
social custom / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
民间
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士)
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
really and truly
 
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  *的* | 的* | *的
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
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  *说* | 说* | *说
to persuade
 
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  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
 
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  *说* | 说* | *说
variant of 說|说
HSK 1
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  *法* | 法* | *法
variant of
HSK 4
 
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  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
 
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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
 
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  *法* | 法* | *法
old variant of / law
HSK 4
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  *因* | 因* | *因
old variant of
HSK 6
 
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  *因* | 因* | *因
cause / reason / because
HSK 6

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