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HSK
春节
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
拜年
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
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  *时* | 时* | *时
old variant of 時|时
HSK 3
 
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  *时* | 时* | *时
surname Shi
 
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  *时* | 时* | *时
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
晚辈
the younger generation / those who come after
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  *要* | 要* | *要
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
 
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  *要* | 要* | *要
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important
HSK 1
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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (grammatical equivalent of ) / (sentence intensifier)
HSK 1
 
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  *给* | 给* | *给
to supply / to provide
长辈
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
拜年
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
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  *祝* | 祝* | *祝
surname Zhu
 
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  *祝* | 祝* | *祝
to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
HSK 3
长辈
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
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  *人* | 人* | *人
person; people / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
长寿
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
 
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
安康
 
good health
长辈
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
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  *可* | 可* | *可
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however
HSK 5
 
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  *可* | 可* | *可
used in 可汗
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  *将* | 将* | *将
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as )
HSK 5
 
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  *将* | 将* | *将
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
 
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  *将* | 将* | *将
to desire / to invite / to request
事先
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
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  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
 
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  *准* | 准* | *准
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
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  *备* | 备* | *备
variant of 備|备
 
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  *备* | 备* | *备
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; completely
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  *好* | 好* | *好
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
HSK 1
 
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  *好* | 好* | *好
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
HSK 4
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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
压岁钱
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
分给
to divide (and give to others)
晚辈
the younger generation / those who come after
据说
it is said that; reportedly
HSK 3
压岁钱
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
可以
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good
HSK 2
压住
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
邪祟
evil spirit
因为
because / owing to / on account of
HSK 2

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