(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[]) / him / her / it
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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.
before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand
after / behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards / since then
(after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[])
one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc)
and so on / and such
inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during
outside / excluding
inside / within
in a word / in short / in brief
under / beneath / less than
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
above
during / at the time of
to call it... / known as...
apart from this / in addition to this
a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely
one-quarter
one third
(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
(idiom) complete nonsense
to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside
in short / in a word / in brief
(idiom) to replace / to supersede / to take its (or her etc) place
lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
thereupon / subsequently / accordingly
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
(idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest
(idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years
(idiom) top priority job / a matter of the greatest urgency
to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels
fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom) / entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
(idiom) priceless treasure
in a nutshell / to put it briefly
to come as no surprise / as expected
sensible act
human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural
to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
to act with undue haste (idiom) / eager and impatient / overhasty
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27