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HSK
already
HSK 2
to pass / to go through / process / course / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
frequently; constantly; regularly; often / day-to-day; everyday; daily
HSK 2
manager / director / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
HSK 3
economy / economic
HSK 3
once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
HSK 3
to experience; to go through / experience (CL:,)
HSK 3
experience / to experience
HSK 3
the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical
HSK 4
funds / expenditure / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 5
nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
HSK 5
general manager / CEO
HSK 6
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  *經* | 經* | *經
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
finance and economics
HSK 7-9
economy and trade (abbr. for 經濟貿易|经济贸易)
HSK 7-9
not having undergone / without (having gone though a certain process)
HSK 7-9
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
HSK 7-9
to experience; to go through
HSK 7-9
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
HSK 7-9
not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
HSK 7-9
market economy
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
HSK 7-9
longitude
HSK 7-9
to undergo (hardship) / to endure / to withstand
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
economics (as a field of study)
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  *經* | 經* | *經
surname Jing
national economy
knack of doing business / business sense
classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras
scripture / scriptures / CL:
to manage (a business) / manager / broker
Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
to sell / to sell on commission / to distribute
cranial nerves
via
menstruation / a woman's period
west longitude
economic development
dealer / seller / distributor / broker / agency / franchise (i.e. company) / retail outlet
executive / manager / transactor
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD / abbr. for 經濟合作與發展組織|经济合作与发展组织
energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic
compass / same as 羅盤|罗盘
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
economic sanctions
broker / middleman / agent / manager
to chant the sutras
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
sutra / Taoist treatise
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
study of the Confucian classics
the Heart Sutra
menstrual period
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
economic activity
mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
channel of TCM
cash crop (economics)
to pass by / menstruation
nervous system
the Koran
twelve channels of TCM
neuralgia (medicine)
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
The Lotus Sutra
already
neural network
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
optic nerve
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
(idiom) the road one must follow; the only way
to stop menstruating (as a result of pregnancy, menopause or medical condition etc)
lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned
for years / year after year
the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽 between 760-780
(economic) recession
to handle; to deal with
to have long experience of / to go through repeatedly
bubble economy
long-lasting / durable
(lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody
east longitude
peripheral nerve
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
collective economy
period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture

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