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| | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation | HSK 1 |
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| | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) | HSK 1 |
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| | what are you doing? / what's he up to? | HSK 1 |
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| | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? | HSK 2 |
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| | current trends; the present situation; how things are going | HSK 5 |
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| | to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across | HSK 6 |
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| | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as things really are / realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are | HSK 7-9 |
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| | clear and detailed / definite / details (are as follows:) | |
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| | double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女｜牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting | |
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| | lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle | |
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| | Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang | |
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| | lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance | |
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| | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
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| | beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM | |
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| | Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶｜神雕侠侣 / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊｜杨 and 陽｜阳 are homonyms) | |
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| | it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots? | |
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| | song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套, like houses) | |
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| | music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7 | |
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| | wind direction / the way the wind is blowing / fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones) / how things are developing / course of events | |
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| | to produce an item / output / items that are produced | |
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| | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | |
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| | counting one's chickens before they are hatched | |
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| | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) / the facts of the matter / the actual situation | |
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| | Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable | |
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| | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) | |
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| | mounded row of soil (in which crops are planted) | |
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| | (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind | |
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| | one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) | |
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| | blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based | |
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| | unified goods / goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced | |
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| | names of the tunes to which 詞｜词 poems are composed | |
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| | Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased | |
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| | bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning | |
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| | to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) | |
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| | (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary; eminent writer | |
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| | magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女｜牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting | |
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| | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | |
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| | to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo | |
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| | those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment | |
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| | indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) | |
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| | unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. | |
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| | the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom) / auspicious / decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix | |
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| | How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去｜过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad | |
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| | We are most grateful for your valuable assistance. | |
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| | early evening when lanterns are first lit | |
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| | the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail | |
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| | things are not as good as they used to be | |
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| | friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions | |
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| | where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle | |
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| | (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says | |
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| | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally | |
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| | (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times | |
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| | all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes / nothing is taboo | |
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| | (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed | |
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| | public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom) | |
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| | Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea | |
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| | lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義｜三国演义) / fig. things are constantly changing | |
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| | the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) | |
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| | widely spread / widely rumored / stories abound / (sb's exploits are) widely circulated | |
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| | blood is thicker than water / fig. family ties are closer than social relations | |
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| | to discuss spiritedly (idiom) / tongues are wagging | |
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| | there are plenty of such people | |
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| | prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed | |
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| | lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest | |
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| | (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved; death ends all one's troubles | |
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| | the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) | |
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| | to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears | |
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| | It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23) | |
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| | lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail | |
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| | lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits | |
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| | lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium | |
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| | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂｜礼乐 | |
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| | historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲 and jia are grouped in bao 保 | |
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| | potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆汤) / magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions | |
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| | grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) | |
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| | not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan) | |
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| | to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity | |
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| | lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍｜大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor | |
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| | fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good | |
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| | lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent / nothing to choose between them | |
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| | ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. | |
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| | Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. | |
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| | to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate | |
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| | lit. not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom) / fig. mass slaughter | |
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| | both sides are willing / by mutual consent | |
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| | lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
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| | all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) / work is now underway | |
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| | to arrange things in sequence / sequence in which things are arranged | |
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| | the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute | |
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| | a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool | |
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| | the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy | |
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| | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
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