to go through the motions
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
shameful deed
calendar / schedule
(PRC) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit)
see the opportunity and act (idiom) / to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion
notebook containing a record
to discuss and evaluate / to appraise
(coll.) (from Cantonese) the boss / the big cheese / the top dog
to hold things up / to make a botch of things
(often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things / to know how the world works
everything
to plan matters / to look for a job
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom) / Man proposes but God disposes.
accident occurring due to negligence
see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[]
to flaunt a skill / to give display to one's ability / to show off a feat / to vaunt one's tricks
matters to attend to after sb's death (esp. funeral arrangements)
military strength / military force(s)
militarization
military threat
military science
military expert / general
military strength / military power
defense industry
military intelligence
military aid
military coup
military institution
military exercise / war game
military science
military operation
military exercise / army drill
military installations
military branch
military sports / military fitness (curriculum etc) / abbr. to 軍體|军体
anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
farming task
agricultural activities
to start rumours and create trouble
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27