| | the top / above / overhead / upwards / the top margin / above-mentioned / those higher up | HSK 1 |
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| | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293 年) / former / formerly | HSK 1 |
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| | face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | HSK 2 |
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| | head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on | HSK 2 |
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| | to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers | HSK 2 |
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| | on top of / above-mentioned / also pr. [shang4 mian5] | HSK 3 |
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| | lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build | HSK 4 |
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| | apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | HSK 4 |
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| | extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top | HSK 4 |
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| | up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about | HSK 5 |
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| | plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that | HSK 5 |
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| | top quality / front ranking | HSK 5 |
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| | sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL: 件 | HSK 6 |
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| | superior quality / high grade / top grade | HSK 6 |
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| | peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | first rate / top rank / number one | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top of the head | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | above / on top of / on the surface of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best | HSK 7-9 |
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| | at top speed / at a tremendous lick | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to attack / to accuse / to study / (LGBT) top | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) top priority job; matter of vital importance | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory | HSK 7-9 |
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| | top-notch; first-rate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | class "A"; top grade | |
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| | highest quality / top-notch | |
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| | special grade / top quality | |
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| | jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck | |
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| | top notch; highest quality | |
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| | big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP | |
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| | (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom | |
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| | on top of / at the summit | |
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| | (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor | |
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| | commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
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| | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | |
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| | top-quality / top-grade | |
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| | to win top marks in the imperial examinations | |
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| | to win; to prevail; to come out on top | |
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| | lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) | |
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| | first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
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| | the top four | |
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| | it's lonely at the top (idiom) | |
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| | top of a building | |
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| | first-rate / top-notch | |
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| | top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt | |
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| | first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable | |
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| | General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) | |
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| | dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc | |
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| | set-top box | |
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| | (slang) top student; bookworm | |
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| | to go too far (in word or deed) / over the top | |
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| | roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex | |
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| | mountain top | |
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| | a crown / top of the head | |
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| | aides and advisors of top officials | |
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| | richest individual / top millionaire | |
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| | (Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up | |
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| | flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate | |
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| | top speed / at full speed | |
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| | high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc | |
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| | top of the list | |
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| | spinning top / gyroscope | |
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| | court examination, the top grade imperial exam | |
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| | top-quality | |
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| | to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom) | |
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| | tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade | |
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| | top gem of pendant from girdle | |
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| | top secret | |
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| | top athlete / heroic warrior | |
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| | very loudly / at the top of one's voice | |
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| | excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning | |
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| | (Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺, tangram 七巧板 etc) | |
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| | to blow one's top; to be driven mad; to become frantic | |
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| | lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom | |
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| | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | |
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| | lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy | |
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| | high cadre / top party member | |
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| | court examination, the top grade imperial exam | |
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| | top-heavy / fig. unbalance in organization or political structure | |
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| | Ocean platform in Zhongnanhai 中南海 surrounded by water on three sides, recreation area for imperial wives and concubines, more recently for communist top brass | |
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| | (typesetting) to not indent / to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin | |
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| | pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest) | |
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| | bejeweled nectar (idiom); ambrosia of the immortals / superb liquor / top quality wine | |
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| | open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads / dump box (of a dump truck) / bucket (of a front loader) / wheelbarrow | |
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| | wool top, semiprocessed raw wool | |
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| | to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) | |
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| | rib collar / rib top of socks | |
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| | to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube | |
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| | air commodore / top commander of air force | |
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| | higher authority / the bosses / on top of | |
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| | header / top margin on a page | |
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| | top of a kitchen range | |
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| | tip-top / excellent / first-rate | |
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| | the top part of a tablet | |
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| | parietal bone (top of the scull) | |
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| | the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns | |
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