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如
Mandarin: ru2
Definitions
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
  4. 4 supposing
  5. 5 if
  6. 6 like
  7. 7 as good as
  8. 8 according to
  9. 9 to go to
  10. 10 should
  11. 11 on time
  12. 12 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 如
如花似玉
to be young and beautiful tantamount to flowers and jade
一動不如一靜
lit. one move is not as good as standing still, meaning not to take action until
不管如何
no matter how; anyhow; no matter what; any way; whatever [Syn.] 無論如何﹐�
相請不如偶遇
Said when two people meet who know each other (maybe having not met for an exten
鐵證如山
irrefutable evidence
瘦骨如柴煲碌竹
Extremely thin; as thin as a stick
如無意外
if nothing unexpected happens
譬如
for example; for instance
點頭如搗蒜
"nodding head like dicing garlic"; nodding one's head vigorously
如來
Buddha
和好如初
to get back together; become reconciled
歲月如流
the passage of the years; the flow of time
裕如
doing something smoothly; effortlessly; with ease
度日如年
every day that passes seems like a year; time transpires at a slow rate
如蟻附膻
leaning on poweful people for support (lit., "like ants swarming to rank odors")
殺人如厤
to kill people like flies [colloquial]
李薩如
Lissajous (type of curve, seen for example on oscilloscopes)
言教不如身教
teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than wo
原來如此
so that's it; I see
等如
equals [written and colloquial]
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