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HSK
price / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
strict / stringent / tight / rigorous
HSK 4
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)
HSK 3
form; table / CL: 張|张,
HSK 3
qualifications / seniority
HSK 3
personality / integrity / dignity
HSK 7-9
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
structure / pattern / layout
HSK 7-9
style
HSK 4
especially; particularly; even more than usual / extra; additional
HSK 4
to personalize / anthropomorphism
price tag
Tigris River, Iraq
(math.) lattice
to format
iron lattice / metal grid
passing line or score (in an examination)
giggle
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 / also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
case change (in grammar)
the Palace of the Bogdo Khan in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Scotch collie / rough collie
Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
used in 格登 / used in 格格
(typesetting) to indent
British style (fashion)
maxim
not stick to one pattern
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
to fail / to flunk
3-by-3 grid
able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable
one's character / fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar)
personal charm / charisma
Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale
nominative case (grammar)
to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician
Gree (brand)
Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
Van de Graaff generator
dingo (Canis dingo)
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Quaker (company)
to wrestle
form / specification / format
HSK 7-9
to be entitled / to qualify / to be qualified
(spreadsheet) cell
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
file format
(idiom) inharmonious / incompatible
HSK 7-9
dogfight (of planes)
Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡
Anglo-Saxon
Segway PT
checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
Greenwich
promotion / upgrade
certificate of conformity
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism
Douglas (name)
Angus, a traditional county of Scotland, now a "council area"
incompatibility of temperament
KGB (Soviet secret police) / member of the KGB
to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
to break the rule / to make an exception
having a unique or distinctive style
strictly speaking
Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
Lagrange (name) / Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) / also called 斯大林格勒戰役|斯大林格勒战役
Zagreb, capital of Croatia 克羅地亞|克罗地亚
the Greenwich meridian
Gloucestershire county in southwest England
Georgia (country)
to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
figure of speech
price list; pricing table
strictly speaking
Petrograd (former name of Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡)
gingham
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude) / refers to Greenwich mean time
princess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)
sigma (Greek letter Σ, σ)
lattice / check (pattern of squares)
see 眼界
mixed martial arts (MMA)
price war
Ferguson (surname)
Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
Gregorian calendar
standard / norm
fixed price / constant price
sudoku (puzzle game)
Hengelo, city in the Netherlands

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