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HSK
surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
HSK 2
at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
HSK 3
to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個|个, 項|项 / certainly
HSK 3
special; specific; designated; particular
HSK 5
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
HSK 3
to draw up; to formulate
HSK 3
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular
HSK 4
to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
HSK 3
to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
HSK 6
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify
HSK 4
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
firm / steady / staunch / resolute
HSK 5
to draw up / to draft / to formulate
HSK 7-9
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
HSK 7-9
to establish / to fix / to settle
HSK 7-9
theorem
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem
down payment / advance payment
HSK 7-9
must
expressly stipulated (in writing)
Pythagorean theorem
to be screwed; to be toast
ordinary provision (law)
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
scaler
to make up one's mind
another name for 金箍棒, the Monkey King's golden cudgel / (fig.) stabilizing force
GPS (Global Positioning System)
to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
HSK 7-9
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
to orientate / directional / directed / orienteering
HSK 7-9
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
fixed deposit / time deposit / certificate of deposit (banking)
infinitive (grammar)
to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
HSK 7-9
Schrödinger's wave equation
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
(football) set piece (a restart of play following a stoppage, including free kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks, goal kicks and throw-ins)
tranquilizer / sth that sets one's mind at ease
HSK 7-9
to set a price / to fix a price
HSK 6
(idiom) it's a deal / that's settled then
custom-made; made-to-order / to have sth custom made
to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
to foreordain / to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
HSK 7-9
stable; calm; settled / to stabilize / Valium; diazepam
HSK 7-9
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
HSK 6
constant
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
mean value theorem (in calculus)
final conclusion / accepted argument
HSK 7-9
to reserve tickets
definition / to delimit
HSK 7-9
quantity / fixed amount / ration
agreement / accord / to reach an agreement
HSK 7-9
to await a decision / to be pending
to determine (by measuring or surveying)
HSK 6
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
to settle a marriage / betrothal
set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
to exchange vows with (sb) / to exchange vows at (a time or place)
fixed-line telephone; landline telephone
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
fundamental theorem
morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省
statutory; law-based; legal
indefinite integral (math.)
to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking)
to define
(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
fixed point / calibration point
calm and collected / unperturbed
negative sentence
fixed deposit (banking)
to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver
ruling
HSK 7-9
(math.) Fermat's Last Theorem
to schedule in advance
HSK 7-9
unalterable / certainly / definitely
to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise
(math.) indeterminate equation
non-scheduled / irregularly
to be predestined
to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
HSK 7-9
calm / unperturbed / cool
HSK 7-9
(computing) Moore's law
stability
to reach a verdict / to conclude a judgment
certain / confident (of some outcome) / calm and unhurried
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

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