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a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
hěn very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
意思 si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
含义 hán meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
意义 sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4]
涵义 hán content / meaning / connotation / implication
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
寓意 moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning
革命 mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4]
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
一语双关 shuāng guān to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
花语 huā the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower
旧瓶装新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
原意 yuán original meaning / original intention
奈米 nài (Tw) nanometer / nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
含蓄 hán to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism)
万户侯 wàn hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles
渊诣 yuān deep and profound meaning
会意 huì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc)
苦口婆心 kǒu xīn earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
有意义 yǒu to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting


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