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淡水河边淡dàn — 1. insipid 2. diluted 3. weak 4. mild 5. light in color 6. tasteless 7. indifferent 8. (variant of 氮 (dàn)) nitrogen (HSK 4)水shuǐ — 1. water 2. (after a name) ... River 3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 (huì shuǐ) and 水性 (shuǐ xìng)) 4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy 5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income 6. classifier for washings of a garment (HSK 1)河hé — 1. river (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 道 (dào)) 2. (bound form) the Yellow River 3. (bound form) the Milky Way 4. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 (hé fěn) (HSK 2)边biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)
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Title vocabulary
- HSK 4淡dàn1. insipid 2. diluted 3. weak 4. mild 5. light in color 6. tasteless 7. indifferent 8. (variant of 氮 (dàn)) nitrogen
- HSK 1水shuǐ1. water 2. (after a name) ... River 3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 (huì shuǐ) and 水性 (shuǐ xìng)) 4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy 5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income 6. classifier for washings of a garment
- HSK 2河hé1. river (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 道 (dào)) 2. (bound form) the Yellow River 3. (bound form) the Milky Way 4. (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 (hé fěn)
- HSK 2边biān1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously
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