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HSK
(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
HSK 7-9
odd jobs; miscellaneous tasks
anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator
file server
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
(computing) task manager
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
civil servant; public servant
HSK 3
medical personnel
must / to need to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
domain name server
official business
HSK 7-9
internal affairs
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
network service
Serve the People!, CCP political slogan
service contract
mailman (Tw)
(PRC) State Council / (USA) State Department
Quality of Service / QOS
service industry
minister of state (old usage)
undersecretary of state
Taiwan Affairs Office
customer service division
attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
distributed denial of service (DDOS) form of Internet attack
standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)
mission; assignment; task; duty; role / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
compulsory education
after-sales service
taskbar (computing)
service provider
service charge / cover charge
Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan
the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
law firm
employment service; job placement service; jobseeker assistance
(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
government affairs
hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
US Department of State
busy / bustling
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
to serve / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 2
debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness
HSK 7-9
internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
Ministry of Internal Affairs
(law) obstructing government administration
special assignment (military) / special agent / operative / spy
laborer; service worker (typically employed on a contractual or temporary basis)
business / professional work / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
port authority
army orderly
please (formal)
commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business
HSK 4
service (on a train, a plane etc)
debt security; bond security
labor market
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
e-commerce
matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
debtor
government functionary
household duties / housework
HSK 4
server (at a restaurant)
social services
transport service
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
business class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
room service
business model
to fulfill one's duty / to work without asking for reward
high position / senior post
farming / to work the land
customer service / client service
(pertaining to) defense
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节
forum manager
National Health Service (UK)
telegraph operator / radio operator
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty
practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical
provost
(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
HSK 7-9
editing
financial software / accounting software
foreign affairs
(Tw) to provide a service at the customer's home; to make a house call
foreign affairs
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
to relieve from office / to sack
Department of Trade / Department of Commerce
financial affairs; finance
HSK 7-9
delivery service
it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)

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