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area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
east
HSK 2
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
instant noodles
HSK 2
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
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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
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
ahead / the front
HSK 6
square meter
HSK 6
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
steering wheel
HSK 7-9
secret recipe
HSK 7-9
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice
HSK 7-9
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
prescription
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
(idiom) all directions; all around
HSK 7-9
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
folk remedy / home remedy
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
algebraic equation
prescription of elixir / potion of immortality / potion prescribed by an immortal
cube; block; square / diamond ♦ (in card games)
way of life / lifestyle
(computer) shortcut
lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
Noah's ark
(idiom) confused / troubled / bewildered
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
(idiom) to be the richest person (or family) in a region; to possess great wealth in one's locality
to do things right / to use the correct method
(in business etc) your side / you
see 方帽
Rubik's cube / magic cube
local autonomy / home rule
direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
(math.) Diophantine equation
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing
direction of cleavage (e.g. of slate)
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
Australopithecus
face-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
a tried and tested medical prescription
Fang La
variance (statistics)
where?
square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix
method of least squares (math.) (Tw)
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
Noah's ark
buyer (in contracts)
Rubik's cube / magic cube
rectangle
(math.) equation
local chronicles / district records
arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc / supernatural arts (old)
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
regionalism / favoring one's local region
in many ways / from all sides
methodology / Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒|笛卡儿, 1637
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
hexagonal
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
unofficial
military
(bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
seller (in contracts)
partial differential equation (PDE)
just now / then

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