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HSK
you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *再* | 再* | *再
again; once more; re- / further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) or for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则, 再就是 etc) / (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
HSK 1
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
again; once more; re-
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *重* | 重* | *重
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
HSK 3
you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony
to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
HSK 7-9
(polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem
You're welcome / Don't mention it
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
to recount (e.g. results of election) / to re-evaluate
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
to check again; to re-examine
HSK 7-9
(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
you're too kind; you flatter me
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
(coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going
names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
to concentrate / to think what you're doing
if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
to re-enter
to re-evaluate
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
to re-examine; to recheck / (law) to conduct a judicial review; to retry (a case)
names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
educated youth; young intellectual / (historical) urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s)
to have what it takes / (coll.) (often followed by ) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever, ..., if she's so tough, ... etc / Example: 有本事就打我 Hit me if you dare!
Masanjia town in Yuhong District 于洪區|于洪区 in Liaoning, known for its re-education through labor camp
to re-offend / repeat offender; recidivist
financial reinsurance (aka "fin re")
to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself / you're on your own
you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之)
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
complete change (idiom); facelift / We're in a wholly new situation.
(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence

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