| | is or isn't / yes or no / whether or not | HSK 1 |
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| | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't | HSK 4 |
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| | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... | HSK 4 |
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| | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent | HSK 5 |
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| | that's fine / may as well / (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | HSK 5 |
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| | whether or not / can it or can't it / is it possible? | HSK 6 |
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| | whether or not (at the end of a phrase) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears | |
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| | severity (of the case) / degree of seriousness / whether sth is slight or serious | |
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| | priority / whether sth is urgent | |
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| | (reduplicated) whether... or... / never mind / fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) | |
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| | lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom) / fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not | |
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| | height (i.e. whether short or tall) | |
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| | trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry | |
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| | can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news) | |
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| | not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom) / all-embracing | |
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| | to speculate / to surmise / to wonder whether / to guess | |
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| | lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power | |
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| | it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平｜邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) | |
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| | ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words | |
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| | whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long | |
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| | lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality) | |
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| | the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) | |
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| | the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience | |
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| | lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of | |
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| | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot? / is able to or not | |
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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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| | lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom) / fig. highly sought after | |
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| | to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate | |
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| | lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden | |
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