| | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition | HSK 1 |
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| | there; that place | HSK 1 |
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| | to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) | HSK 1 |
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| | over there / yonder | HSK 1 |
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| | there | HSK 1 |
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| | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) | HSK 1 |
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| | there; that place | HSK 1 |
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| | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | HSK 2 |
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| | someone / people / anyone / there is someone there / occupied (as in restroom) | HSK 2 |
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| | only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要 "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | HSK 3 |
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| | have plenty of / there's no lack of | HSK 3 |
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| | there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) | HSK 4 |
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| | (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) | HSK 4 |
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| | to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter | HSK 6 |
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| | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | HSK 6 |
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| | there is no harm in; might as well | HSK 7-9 |
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| | none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception | HSK 7-9 |
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| | there is no need / why should | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way | HSK 7-9 |
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| | up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to hold in storage / to retain / to harbor (feelings) / to entertain (sentiments) / (of abstract things) to exist / there is | |
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| | there are plenty of such people | |
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| | special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia | |
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| | there is no lack of | |
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| | (idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc) | |
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| | to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there) | |
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| | road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back | |
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| | to own exclusively; unique to; specific / there is only | |
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| | If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom) | |
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| | there is no alternative | |
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| | none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone | |
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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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| | matchless; without equal; there is nothing better | |
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| | there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望) / (literary) bumper harvest; abundance | |
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| | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation | |
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| | there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things | |
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| | to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others | |
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| | there is no need / why should | |
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| | in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom) | |
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| | lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there! | |
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| | there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war | |
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| | do not / there is none who | |
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| | to follow everywhere / to always be there for sb at their beck and call | |
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| | there is not much left | |
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| | the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose | |
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| | the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there | |
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| | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) | |
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| | no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn. | |
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| | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all / sth speaks for itself / is there for all to see | |
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| | there cannot be another one like it | |
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| | there's no hurry / take one's time | |
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| | once it gets started there's no stopping it | |
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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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| | lit. one object bests another object / every item has a weakness (idiom) / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock | |
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| | food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) | |
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| | many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. | |
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| | empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance / nothing new to show | |
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| | where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. | |
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| | lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire | |
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| | not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant | |
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| | what harm is there in (doing sth) | |
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| | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust / fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences | |
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| | lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night | |
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| | (in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy | |
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| | where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. | |
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| | lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation | |
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| | there's no place like home (idiom) | |
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| | there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) | |
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| | where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice | |
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| | there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) | |
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| | persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way | |
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| | there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom) | |
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| | there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it | |
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| | to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there | |
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| | (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself | |
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| | One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) | |
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| | maybe / possibly / there is reason to believe | |
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| | where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. | |
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| | lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine | |
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| | a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way | |
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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) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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| | there is a reason for it / (of sth) not incidental | |
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| | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet | |
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| | there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom) | |
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| | to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk. | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | going from there to lower grades (idiom) | |
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| | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all / sth speaks for itself / is there for all to see | |
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| | some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this | |
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| | the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak | |
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| | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet | |
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| | without destruction there can be no construction | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | inevitably there will be | |
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| | there's no shortage / there are plenty | |
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| | there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never | |
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| | to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there) | |
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| | there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless | |
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