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HSK
position / standpoint / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
immediately; at once; right away
HSK 3
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
to set up; to establish
HSK 3
immediately
HSK 4
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life
to stand / standing / on one's feet
HSK 7-9
to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
independent voter
to stand close to the door
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
to establish / to institute
HSK 5
separation of powers
(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
to stand tall / to tower aloft
HSK 7-9
to be unconventional / independence of action
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
cube / cubic
the age of 30
to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
HSK 7-9
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  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
political position
overpass / flyover
HSK 7-9
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
State University (US)
to isolate / isolated / unrelated; irrelevant
HSK 7-9
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
without destruction there can be no construction
centrist / the centrist faction
to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
judicial independence
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
separation of powers
National University of Singapore
to set up / to establish
neutral country
public school
tough position
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
to scowl and stare down / to defy
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
tilapia
to achieve or accomplish goals
(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
National Taipei University of Technology
constitutional monarchy
to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
stereoscopic camera / 3D camera
to be determined / to be resolved
to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom) / radical transformation
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
municipal / city / city-run
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
founder
Eric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician
abbr. for 立體交叉|立体交叉 overpass
to set forth one's view; to present one's argument / argument; line of reasoning
solid geometry
to be self-reliant
Seoul National University SNU
to set up a constitution
national / state-run / public
to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
member of the Legislative Yuan (Tw)
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
to make a contract
Polaroid (Tw)
to establish one's authority
legislative council / LegCo (Hong Kong)
to stand upright (physically) / to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity
foothold
to stand / Stand up!
to get married (idiom)

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