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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.

算起来suàn qǐ lái

to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it

经不起推究jīng bù qǐ tuī jiū

does not bear examination

缘起yuán qǐ

to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor

罐头起子guàn tou qǐ zi

can opener

群起而攻之qún qǐ ér gōng zhī

the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent

翘起qiào qǐ

to stick up / to point sth up

聚在一起jù zài yī qǐ

to get together

闻鸡起舞wén jī qǐ wǔ

to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies

联想起lián xiǎng qǐ

to associate / to think of

声名鹊起shēng míng què qǐ

(idiom) to rise to fame

听起来tīng qi lai

to sound like

肃然起敬sù rán qǐ jìng

to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)

肩起jiān qǐ

to bear / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

胀起zhàng qǐ

bulge

脑起搏器nǎo qǐ bó qì

deep brain stimulator / brain pacemaker

万丈高楼平地起wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow

万事起头难wàn shì qǐ tóu nán

the first step is the hardest (idiom)

蔚起wèi qǐ

(literary) to mushroom / to flourish

虎起脸hǔ qǐ liǎn

to take a fierce look

蜂起fēng qǐ

to swarm / to rise in masses

螺丝起子luó sī qǐ zi

screwdriver

见财起意jiàn cái qǐ yì

seeing riches provokes evil designs

记起jì qǐ

to recall / to recollect

竖起大拇指shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ

to give a thumbs-up / to express one's approval

竖起耳朵shù qǐ ěr duo

to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth

负担不起fù dān bu qǐ

cannot afford / cannot bear the burden

输不起shū bù qǐ

to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose

输得起shū de qǐ

can afford to lose / to take defeat with good grace

农民起义nóng mín qǐ yì

peasant uprising / peasant revolt

迭起dié qǐ

continuously arising / to arise repeatedly

重起炉灶chóng qǐ lú zào

to start over from scratch (idiom)

闭起bì qǐ

to shut

雄起xióng qǐ

(cry of encouragement) / to arise / to stand up / to gain the ascendancy / Come on!

零起点líng qǐ diǎn

from zero / from scratch / beginners' (course) / for beginners

风生水起fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ

lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous

风起潮涌fēng qǐ cháo yǒng

lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up / turbulent times / violent development (idiom)

风起云涌fēng qǐ yún yǒng

to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds

饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn

lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)

马尾穿豆腐,提不起来mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu , tí bu qǐ lai

lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[tí])

腾空而起téng kōng ér qǐ

(idiom) to rise into the air

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