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1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

可以

kě yǐ

1 can
2 may
3 possible
4 able to
5 not bad
6 pretty good

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

一心二用

yī xīn èr yòng

1 to do two things at once (idiom)
2 to multitask
3 to divide one's attention

一言以蔽之

yī yán yǐ bì zhī

1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2 in a nutshell

不以人废言

bù yǐ rén fèi yán

1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers

不以为然

bù yǐ wéi rán

1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
2 to disapprove
3 to take exception to

Sample Sentences

对呀，我怎么忘了“长”是多音字了。既可以读成“长短”的“长”，也可以读成“长大”的“长”啊。唉，真是白学了。你看，都不能学以致用。

duìyā ，wǒ zěnme wàng le “cháng ”shì duōyīnzì le 。jì kěyǐ dú chéng “chángduǎn ”de “cháng ”，yě kěyǐ dú chéng “zhǎngdà ”de “zhǎng ”ā 。āi ，zhēnshì báixué le 。nǐ kàn ，dōu bùnéng xuéyǐzhìyòng 。

Oh, right, how could I forget that the character ''chang" has multiple readings? It can be read as ''chang," like in the word for ''length," or as ''zhang" as in ''to grow up." Agh, I studied for nothing. Look, we can't study what we need to know.

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