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  *停* | 停* | *停
to stop / to halt / to park (a car)
HSK 2
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
 
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of
HSK 1
 
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *箸* | 箸* | *箸
variant of
 
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  *箸* | 箸* | *箸
(literary) chopsticks
不能
cannot / must not / should not
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
 
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  *食* | 食* | *食
to feed (a person or animal)
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
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  *剑* | 剑* | *剑
double-edged sword / CL: , / classifier for blows of a sword
HSK 6
四顧
to look around
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  *心* | 心* | *心
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 3
茫然
blankly / vacantly / at a loss
HSK 7-9

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