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to let things take their course

learning

听其自然

tīng qí zì rán

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to let things take their course (idiom)

learning

任其自然

rèn qí zì rán

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to lip-read

learning

唇读

chún dú

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen

learning

听闻

tīng wén

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen and obey

learning

听从

tīng cóng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen attentively

learning

倾耳而听

qīng ěr ér tīng

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to listen attentively

learning

倾听

qīng tīng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)

learning

细听

xì tīng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen to

learning

tīng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen to (a radio broadcast)

learning

收听

shōu tīng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话[ping2 hua4]

learning

听书

tīng shū

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen to information

learning

听信

tīng xìn

classroom
beginner
neutral

to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

learning

虚己以听

xū jǐ yǐ tīng

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to listen to the next chapter for an explanation

learning

且听下回分解

qiě tīng xià huí fēn jiě

classroom
advanced
neutral

to listen with respectful attention

learning

洗耳恭听

xǐ ěr gōng tīng

classroom
intermediate
formal

to make a student write sth out many times, as a punishment

learning

罚写

fá xiě

classroom
beginner
neutral

to make up missed lesson

learning

补课

bǔ kè

classroom
beginner
neutral

to mark (homework, exam scripts etc)

learning

批改

pī gǎi

classroom
beginner
neutral

to monitor

learning

监听

jiān tīng

classroom
beginner
neutral

to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs)

learning

鉴往知来

jiàn wǎng zhī lái

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to observe the present to study the past

learning

将今论古

jiāng jīn lùn gǔ

classroom
intermediate
neutral

to open a book

learning

开卷

kāi juàn

classroom
beginner
neutral

to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request)

learning

张嘴

zhāng zuǐ

classroom
beginner
neutral

to pass (an exam)

learning

考过

kǎo guò

classroom
beginner
neutral

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