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HSK
because / owing to / on account of
HSK 2
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
thus; consequently; as a result
HSK 3
therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ...
HSK 5
element / factor / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囙* | 囙* | *囙
old variant of
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *因* | 因* | *因
cause / reason / because
HSK 6
gene (loanword)
HSK 7-9
varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
HSK 7-9
affliction
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
(idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
genetic modification
hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person
immediate cause / proximate cause
(genetics) insertion element
to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities
(Tw) (math.) dependent variable
impact factor (of an academic journal)
(loanword) heroin
to respond accordingly to / to adapt to / to cope with
Internet
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
in the course of doing one's work / on business
genetic mutation
cause of disease / pathogen
karma / cause and effect
cause / factor / cause of formation
(idiom) to marry because of an unplanned pregnancy
factor (of an integer) / divisor
caffeine (loanword)
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
cocaine (loanword)
prime factor (in arithmetic)
main reason
(loanword) lidocaine
antecedents
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor; divisor
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
Klein or Kline (name) / Felix Klein (1849-1925), German mathematician
(Buddhism) retribution / karma
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
(loanword) dyne
Indra (a Hindu deity)
mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined / interdependent
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
Des Moines, capital of Iowa
to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)
(idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
Stein (name) / Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia
simply because / all because
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
cause / triggering factor / incentive / inducement
(idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude; to tailor instruction to the individual student
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
cause / origin
codeine (loanword)
factorization
to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart
to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
Lewin (name) / Kurt Lewin (1890-1944), German-American psychologist of the Gestalt school known for his field theory of behavior
dependent variable
common factor / common divisor (of a math. expression)
(idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
Saddam Hussein
to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) / title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore...
for this reason
(loanword) meme
motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent
highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
indirect cause / remote cause
cause of death
factor / divisor (of a math. expression)
for some reason
pathological science (TCM)
decaffeinated / decaf
Innsbruck, city in Austria
gene technology
genetic modification
environmental factor
mapping of genome
allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)
genome
meme (loanword)
(genetics) locus
Mainz (city in Germany)
Human Genome Project
unknown cause of death
because of this
gene bank
attribution theory (psychology)
physical and chemical factors
cytokine
Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003

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