Thought and Society - Lesson 1
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- 閑話
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xian2 hua4
to talk casually about - 表情é”æ„
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biao3qing2da2yi4
to convey one's feelings or ideas - 縱使
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zong4 shi3
even if - 後來居上
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hou4lai2ju1shang4
the late-comer(newcomer) ends up on top - å„有åƒç§‹
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ge4you3qian1qiu1
each has it's own style/strongpoints - 訴之於
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su4zhi1yu2
appeal to, resort to - å°æ–¹
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dui4fang1
the other party - 聽覺
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ting1 jue2
sense of hearing - 視覺
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shi4 jue2
sense of sight - 補助
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bu3zhu4
supplement;subsidize (financially) - 相似
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xiang1si4
similar - 與其...ä¸å¦‚...
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yu3qi2 bu4ru2
rather than...it is better to... - 延長
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yan2chang2
extend - 變形
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bian4xing2
change shape, transform - 來得
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lai2de
(colloquial, in comparisons) come out as - 確切
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que4qie4
appropriate,accurate,precise - 隨著
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sui2zhe
along with - 變é·
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bian4qian1
change - 自然而然
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zi4ran2er2ran2
of natural consequence - 如åŒ
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ru2tong2
just like, such as - 細胞
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xi4bao1
cell (biology) - 人工
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ren2gong1
man-made, artificial - 左右
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zuo3you4
to influence, to effect, to control - 微乎其微
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wei2hu1qi2wei2
extremely trifling, very little - 愛斯基摩
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ai4si1ji1mo2
Eskimo - å—眼
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zi4yan3
a particular word or expression - 阿拉伯
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a1la1bo2
Arab - 駱駝
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luo4tuo2
camel - å”父
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shu2fu4
father's younger brother - 舅父
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jiu4fu4
mother's brother - 姑父
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gu1fu4
father's sister's husband - 姨父
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yi2fu4
mother's sister's husband - 應...(A)而...(B)
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ying4...er2...
to...(B) in response to (A) - 上(number)
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shang4(number)
to reach a certain number - 玉
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yu4
jade - 統治
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tong3zhi4
rule, govern - å‚»
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sha3
foolish - 修訂
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xiu1ding4
revise - 商æœ
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shang1chao2
Shang dynasty - 刻
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ke4
carve - 龜甲
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gui1jia3
tortoise shell - 獸骨
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shou4gu3
animal bone - å之七八
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shi2zhi1qi1ba1
7 or 8 chances out of 10 - 象形
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xiang4xing2
pictographic - å—é«”
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zi4ti3
style of character;font - çµæ§‹
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jie2gou4
structure - 固定
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gu4ding4
fixed, determined - 倒
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dao4
invert, reverse, upside-down - 橫
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heng2
horizontal - 排列
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pai2lie4
to arrange in series, rows etc. - 行
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xing2
to walk - å½¢æˆ
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xing2cheng2
to form - 階段
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jie1duan4
stage/phase - æ—¥ç©æœˆç´¯
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ri4ji1yue4lei3
gradual accumulation over a period of time - 進化
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jin4hua4
evolve - 境地
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jing4di4
condition, state - 一時
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yi4shi2
a short period of time - å€‰é ¡
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cang1jie2
legendary founder of Chinese writing system. - 伏羲氏
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fu2xi1shi4
legendary Chinese ruler credited with introduction of farming, fishing, and animal husbandry. - å…«å¦
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ba1gua4
the eight trigrams - 書契
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shu1qi4
a document, certificate (of ownership, etc.) - 傳説
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chuan2shuo1
hearsay, legend, unconfirmed report - 罷了
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ba4le
that's all, nothing more (gives finality to clause preceding it) - ç†ç•«
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bi3hua4
strokes of a Chinese character - 周代
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zhou1dai4
zhou dynasty - 鬐漸
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zhu2jian4
gradually - 稱爲
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cheng1wei2
to be called - 大篆
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da4zhuan4
"Greater Seal" characters - 天下
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tian1xia4
the world, "all under heaven" - å°ç¯†
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xiao3zhuan4
"Lesser Seal" characters -
謹嚴
(嚴謹) -
jin3yan2
(yan2jin3 - more common variant)
careful and precise - 勻稱
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yun2chen4
well proportioned, well-balanced, symmetrical - 書寫
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shu1xie3
to write - 形體
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xing2ti3
shape, form, and structure - 製作
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zhi4zuo4
to produce - 隸書
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li4shu1
clerical style of characters - 通行
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tong1xing2
in general practice, popularly used - è‰æ›¸
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cao3shu1
(grass)script style of characters - 書法
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shu1fa3
calligraphy - 後漢
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hou4han4
later han dynasty - 利用
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li4yong4
to make use of, take advantage of - 墨
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mo4
ink-stick - 紙張
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zhi3zhang1
paper - 便利
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bian4li4
convenient - 楷書
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kai3shu1
"Standard Style" of characters - å¥ å®š
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dian4ding4
establish, settle, lay the groundwork - æ£é«”
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zheng4ti3
formal style (of characters) - 沿用
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yan2yong4
continue to use (an old method, etc) - 行書
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xing2shu1
running style of calligraphy - 氣味
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qi4wei4
1)flavor, odor
2)atmosphere - 濃厚
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nong2hou4
1) strong (atmosphere, interest, etc.)
2) dense, thick - 通用
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tong1yong4
in general use - å…書
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liu4shu1
six categories of Chinese characters - 指事
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zhi3shi4
ideograph - 會æ„
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hui4yi4
semantic compounds - 形聲
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xing2sheng1
semanto-phonetic compounds - 轉註
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zhuan3zhu4
mutually explanatory or synonomous characters - å‡å€Ÿ
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jia3jie4
phonetic loan characters - 構æˆ
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gou4cheng2
to construct (from components) - 法則
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fa3ze2
law, regulation, rule - 形態
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xing2tai4
physical form - 瑣碎
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suo3sui4
small and numerous - 分辨
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fen1bian4
to distinguish - ç—•è·¡
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hen2ji1
a trace, vestige - 語調
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yu3diao4
intonation - 剛柔
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gang1rou2
hard and soft (in contrast) - 緩欥
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huan3ji2
slow and quick (in contrast) - 面钨
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mian4bu4
face - 表情
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biao3qing2
facial expression - 喜怒哀樂
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xi3nu4ai1le4
joy, anger, sorrow, delight; human emotions - 動作
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dong4zuo4
action - åƒè®Šè¬åŒ–
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qian1bian4wan4hua4
countless changes/variations, everchanging - æˆåˆ†
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cheng2fen4
component, factor, ingredient - 恨
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hen4
to hate - 強調
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qiang2diao4
to stress, emphasize - åå•
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fan3wen4
answer a question in the form of a question, express doubt by framing a response in the form of a rhetorical question - 反面
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fan3mian4
opposite, reverse side. - 充分
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chong1fen4
sufficient, complete - 精細
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jing1xi4
meticulous, carefully done, finely crafted. - å…ä¸äº†
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mian3bu4liao3
unavoidable, no choice but - è©žä¸é”æ„
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ci2bu4da2yi4
words fail to convey the meaning/feeling - 隔膜
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ge2mo2
1)to lack mutual understanding, communication, or contact
2)unfamiliar with - 易經
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yi4jing1
the Book of Changes -
書ä¸ç›¡è¨€
言ä¸ç›¡æ„ -
shu1bu2jin4yan2
yan2bu2jin4yi4
words fall short of speech, speech falls short of meaning - ä¸è‚¯
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zhong4ken3
to the point, pertinent - 教徒
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jiao4tu2
a religious believer - ç«‹
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li4
establish - 以心傳心
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yi3xin1chuan2xin1
to communicate one's feelings directly from heart to heart. (i.e. without words) - 苦衷
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ku3zhong1
difficulties, pain, or embarassment that are hard to describe or are unspoken. - 話説回來
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hua4shuo1hui2lai2
(but) on the other hand - 優越
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you1yue4
superior, outstanding - 缺陷
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que1xian4
defect, shortcoming, handicap - 消失
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xiao1shi1
disappear, vanish - 記憶
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ji4yi4
to remember; memory - 腦海
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nao3hai3
mind - 狹å°
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xia2xiao3
small and narrow - æ„å¿—
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yi4zhi4
will, volition - 正確
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zheng4que4
accurate - è·é›¢
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ju4li2
distance - 補救
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bu3jiu4
remedy (a problem/situation) - 缺憾
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que1han4
flaw, defect, shortcoming - 永久
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yong3jiu3
permanent, eternal, everlasting - 欧
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xing4
quality, nature, character (English: -ity, -ness) - 地çƒ
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di4qiu2
Earth - 角è½
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jiao3luo4
corner, nook - 縱
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zong4
vertical - 廣泛
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guang3fan4
extensive, comprehensive, widespread - 深刻
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shen1ke4
deep, profound, meaningful - 超éŽ
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chao1guo4
exceed - 醖釀
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yun4niang4
to foment, brew - 欝索
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si1suo3
to search one's mind for an answer, to contemplate, to ponder over - è„«å£è€Œå‡º
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tuo1kou3er2chu1
to slip out one's mouth,to speak without regard for consequences - æµæ–¼
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liu2yu2
to become - 淺薄
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qian3bo2
superficial, shallow - ç²—ç³™
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cu1cao1
coarse, rough, unpolished - 番
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fan1
(MW) order in a series, a period of time, a round (of something) - 精深
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jing1shen1
profound, profoundness - 欝謒
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si1kao3
to think - 詳密
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xiang2mi4
elaborate, meticulous - é¸æ“‡
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xuan3ze2
to choose; choice - å覆
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fan3fu4
repeatedly - åƒéŒ˜ç™¾éˆ
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qian1chui2bai3lian4
1）to undergo stringent training and conditioning
2) to write with utmost care and countless revisions - 傳éž
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chuan2di4
to convey (information, etc) - 以至於
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yi3zhi4yu2
to the point of, to the extent of, and even - å…å¾—
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mian3de
to save oneself or others (the trouble of), to avoid, so as not to - 本身
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ben3shen1
oneself, itself, inherently, intrinsically - 描繪
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miao2hui4
to depict, to describe, to sketch - 進行
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jin4xing2
to proceed (with one's business, plan etc)
to advance, go forward
to carry out, implement - æ’
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cha1
to insert, stick in - æ’ä¸ä¸Šè…³
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cha1bu2shang4 jiao3
unable to take part in - 絲毫
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si1hao2
the tiniest, the least bit - 誇張
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誇張
exaggerated - 紛雜
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fen1za2
disordely - 明çž
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ming2liao3
clear, easy to understand - æµå‹•
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liu2dong4
to be flowing in motion
mobile, itinerant - 翅膀
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chi2bang3
wing - 相輔相æˆ
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xiang1fu3xiang1cheng2
to be mutually complementary - ä¸ç›¸ä¸Šä¸‹
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bu4xiang1shang4xia4
about equal (in strength, quality, etc.), equally matched