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HSK
family member / (family) dependent
HSK 3
to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
HSK 3
kin / kindred / relatives
HSK 6
attribute / property
HSK 7-9
genus Hippophae / sea-buckthorns
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
heavy metal
to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further)
HSK 7-9
metal / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
subsidiary / auxiliary / attached / affiliated / subordinate / subordinating
HSK 7-9
dependency / possession / annexed territory
subsidiary (company)
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
HSK 7-9
subordinate
to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on
official in feudal court / subject
to be purely / pure and simple / sheer / outright
to belong or be dedicated exclusively to; proprietary; private; personal
directly subordinate
family member / husband and wife
symphonic metal (pop music) / heavy metal with symphonic pretensions
to turn out to be true / verified / true
metal cover
precious metal
metallic bond
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)
subordination / line of command
Mustela (genus of weasels etc)
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
accessory / affiliated material / adjunct
really not easy (idiom)
nonmetal (chemistry)
unaffiliated / non-party
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屬* | 屬* | *屬
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on
love will find a way (idiom)
Dianthus genus (carnations and pinks)
Netherlands Antilles
Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs
genitive case (in grammar)
spiritual
(to) really (be)
genus Artocarpus
Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute)
vassal state
genus Tyrannosaurus
heather
troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry
(old) subordinate; underling
ferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them)
wholly owned subsidiary
sense of belonging
right of attribution
next of kin / immediate dependant
transition metal (chemistry)
metal plate
to have a hierarchical (possessive or supervisory) relationship
genus Brassica (including broccoli, cabbage, rapeseed etc)
Klebsiella
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
genus Allium
metal wire
(law) junior relatives; relatives of a younger generation such as children, grandchildren or nephews
affiliated unit / subsidiary
subordinate gland
Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)
surviving family of the deceased
vassal state
rare earth element
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets)
metalloid (chemistry)
troops attached to a unit
Styrax (tree genus) / snowdrop / benzoin
to write prose
metal rod
thesaurus
relative / family member / dependent
French Polynesia
Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
dominant (music)
United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
British Virgin Islands
to treat a debility according to its nature
alkali metal
non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)
Pyrus, tree genus containing pears
foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
Castanopsis, genus of evergreen trees
(botany) genus Ruta
alkali metal
Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科
(loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨)
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭)

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