Chinese writing exercise: HSK 4HSK 3.0
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xì
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
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jǐngsè
scenery; scene; landscape; view
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qīmò
end of term
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tiáojiàn
condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
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bàomíng
to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist
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xiě
blood; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]; colloquial pronunciation of 血[xue4]
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bào
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
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xuéfèi
tuition fee; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]
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gāowēn
high temperature
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nánxìng
the male sex; a male
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qīngnián
youth; youthful years; young person; the young
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jíshí
timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
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diào
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
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yèzi
leaf (CL:片[pian4]); (slang) marijuana
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shízìlùkǒu
crossroads; intersection
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yúkuài
cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted
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jiāyóuzhàn
gas station
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yǐnqǐ
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
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pái
signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]); mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2])
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chéngzuò
to ride (in a vehicle)
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guānzhòng
spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
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chóngxīn
again; once more; re-
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dùjià
to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
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shùnlì
smoothly; without a hitch
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xiāoxi
(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
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dǐxia
the location below sth; afterwards
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chuānghu
window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]
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zázhì
magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]
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lìngwài
additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore
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jiāoào
pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth
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huàjù
stage play; modern drama; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
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zhīqián
before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
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zhuǎnfā
to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)
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yuǎnlí
to be far from; to keep away from
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liǎ
two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both; some
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xìnhào
signal
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báijiǔ
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3])
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zuòyòng
to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
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xīnkǔ
exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
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yīncǐ
thus; consequently; as a result
A. FIRST METHOD
1. Draw the first Chinese character with the brush button below, keeping to the stroke order;
2. Once the character is drawn in FULL, pick the matching one underneath;
3. Do the same for the remaining characters, if there are any;
4. Check your answer:
Write the Chinese character(s) in the box, then check your answer:
* Mind the stroke order.
B. SECOND METHOD
1. Write the characters down on a sheet of paper;
2. Then answer this question: did you write them correctly?
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We forget most of what we have just learnt within a month. But every time a word is recalled at the moment it was about to fade, it holds on longer. Spaced repetition does nothing else: it places each review just before you would forget, and pushes the following ones further apart as the word settles in.
Here a card climbs seven steps. You knew it: it moves up one step and comes back later — the next day, then after three days, a week, sixteen days, a month and a half, finally four months. You missed it: it drops back to the first step and returns in the next session. A word you have truly learnt ends up asking almost nothing of you, which is the whole point.
A session serves at most 20 cards; the rest waits for the next one. Three minutes a day beats an hour once a month — it is the spacing that makes things stick, not the sitting.
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