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HSK
everything / every / all
HSK 3
amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
HSK 3
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential
HSK 4
urgent; pressing
HSK 4
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
to cut off; to sever
HSK 7-9
direct / concerning oneself / personal
HSK 7-9
fervent
close; near / similar to
rash / hasty
feasible / realistic / practical / earnestly / conscientiously
HSK 6
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired
to cut
HSK 7-9
close-fitting / closest (translation)
HSK 7-9
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
remember at all costs
to excise / to cut out (a tumor)
HSK 7-9
everything as before
deeply felt / heartfelt / sincere / honest
HSK 7-9
by no means
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious
to cut into pieces
to put money above everything else
Manchester / also written 曼徹斯特|曼彻斯特
to cut into; to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
definite / exact / precise
HSK 7-9
all risks (insurance)
eager / impatient
urgency
impractical / not conforming to reality
Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex)
to pay close attention (to sth)
closely related
to keep to the subject
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
feasible
to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
(name) Chelsea
inside cut (golf) / (math.) inscribed sphere / insphere
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)
ardent / eager / earnest
to see everything clearly
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns
to compare notes; to learn from one another
Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
incisor tooth
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
appendectomy (medicine)
incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
slang / argot / private language used as secret code
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.)
circumcision
earnest / sincere
to cut (with scissors or similar tool); to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
cutter / knife
wind shear (meteorology)
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
unrealistic / impractical
practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations
contact (math.)
to relate closely / closely related
(literary) deeply felt; heartfelt (esp. involving grief or remorse)
tangent line (geometry)
tangent vector
Cheney (name) / Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008
to feel sb's pulse
eager / impatient / guileless
(math.) to inscribe / internally tangent
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy
to fit in with / to suit / appropriate
essential / extremely important
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone
to cut / cutting / machining
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
stage props
meat cleaver
cogent; to the point / earnest; conscientious
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
(idiom) sincere; heartfelt
to watch closely
Mrs Thatcher / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
lumpectomy
tangent direction
affidavit; written pledge
mournful
shear (physics)
to look down upon everything

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