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HSK
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勝* | 勝* | *勝
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
HSK 3
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *演* | 演* | *演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *項* | 項* | *項
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
HSK 4
to set about (a task) / to hit / to punch / to touch
HSK 5
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
task / problem / issue
HSK 5
to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task
HSK 7-9
to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out
HSK 7-9
qualified / competent (professionally) / to be up to a task
HSK 7-9
specialist / person appointed for specific task
HSK 7-9
to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow
HSK 7-9
to fulfill (one's obligations) / to carry out (a task) / to implement (an agreement) / to perform
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling
HSK 7-9
arduous / terrible (task) / very difficult / formidable
HSK 7-9
to supervise and urge completion of a task / to urge on
HSK 7-9
carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:
HSK 7-9
to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task
HSK 7-9
special duty / assigned full time to a task
HSK 7-9
routine (task, procedure etc) / as usual
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition
full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
to attempt all tasks at once / to manage every detail regardless of its importance
to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand
paperwork; clerical tasks / (Tw) word processing
to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
splitcharactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *PA* | PA* | *PA
public area attendant (tasked with cleaning the public areas of a hotel) / marketing assistant / sales assistant
farming task
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task
specially engaged / employed or commissioned for a special task
(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *役* | 役* | *役
forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle
a working group; a task force
to assign (a task to sb)
lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom)
to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
work team / working group / task force
task force
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
application to the task
well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well
special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission
the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task
miscellaneous tasks; various chores
to entrust a task to sb else
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
to achieve with difficulty / only just up to the task / barely adequate
odd jobs; miscellaneous tasks
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
to undertake / to take on (i.e. to accept a task)
hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army / to send a team on a task
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
lacking in strength; weak; feeble / not up to the task
to monopolize / to take on responsibility over everything / to undertake the whole task
easy task
key task / important affair
to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
not to be up to the task (idiom) / incompetent
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) / work is now underway
to canvas (for customers) / to solicit / to advertise / to drum up / sales pitch / to take on (a task)
to charge (an entity) with (a task) / to assign (sb) the task of
to demobilize / to transfer to other tasks (of troops)
can't handle it / can't find any way (of doing sth) / not up to the task
way of proceeding / approach (to a task etc)
to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
to concentrate on the task / to curb one's evil instincts
tough battle; difficult task; big challenge
object (of a transitive verb) / to receive a task
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
hard task / difficult mission / arduous and unrewarding undertaking / drudgery / grind / chore
to work hectically / to be on the go / to run around attending to various tasks
cushy job; pleasant task
hard job / arduous task
to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
to finish / to complete the task
can handle it / up to the task
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties

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