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HSK
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
method; way; technique; procedure / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
on the one hand
HSK 3
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
instant noodles
HSK 2
area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
ahead / the front
HSK 6
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
east
HSK 2
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
HSK 7-9
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
square meter
HSK 6
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
cube (third power, math.)
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
linear equation
inconvenience / inconvenient
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
portable building; demountable building; transportable building; (UK) portacabin
full of vim
prescribed preparation
our side; we
technology program / technical solution
murine typhus fever
(math.) simultaneous equations; system of equations
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
county court / district court
Rubik's cube / magic cube
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
Formula One
terms of payment / payment method
somewhere / someplace / where
(TCM) set prescription (i.e. medicine specifically prescribed for a definite condition)
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surname Fang
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
cube / cubic
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
Schrödinger's wave equation
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
(math.) equation
for example; for instance
Southern Weekend (newspaper)
western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus
(math.) equation
secret recipe
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
(math.) linear equation
trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)
rectangle
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
square (i.e. x times x)
(math.) quadratic equation
to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
unilateral
HSK 7-9
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
Eastern civilization
prescription drug
steering wheel
HSK 7-9
to pace; to stroll
(business) partner
folk remedy / home remedy
HSK 7-9
(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation; power
inverse square law (physics)
police
confident / calm / natural / poised
enemy
Eastern and Western culture
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
who's this big shot?
(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained
variance (statistics)
east and west / east to west
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
prescription
HSK 7-9
Tetris (video game)
seller (in contracts)
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
third party
parties to a contract (law)
where?
local official

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