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HSK
to conduct; to hold (an event)
HSK 3
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
to elect / election / CL: , 個|个
HSK 6
a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
HSK 7-9
a list / to list / to enumerate
HSK 7-9
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
HSK 7-9
to go a long way away
great feat / splendid achievement
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous / gilding the lily
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舉* | 舉* | *舉
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project
innumerable (idiom)
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
to give an example
HSK 7-9
to cooperate in a charity project
presidential election
meritorious deed / benevolent act
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to report (malefactors to the police) / to denounce
HSK 7-9
imperial examination
election court
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
to offer evidence
pioneering work
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports)
HSK 7-9
to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
every little move / every single movement
to select the best (for a job)
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom) / numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
bearing / manner / mien
HSK 7-9
graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
to enumerate
(coll.) to pump iron
sensible act
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
magnificent feat / impressive feat / heroic undertaking / heroic attempt
snatch (weightlifting technique)
move / measure / step (to some end)
some cases picked out as example / to highlight
grand event / magnificent undertaking
such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any
imperial examinations (in former times)
for example
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend / to elect; to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
legislative elections
(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
(literary) to light a fire
to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
informer / snitch
the whole family
Electoral College (of the United States)
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
to develop simultaneously / to undertake concurrently
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
(dialect) height of a house
suffrage
erectile dysfunction / impotence
combining native and foreign methods
to propose (for a job) / to nominate / to recommend
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
voter / elector
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
to report (an offense to the authorities) / to inform against sb
successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
to dance / to float in the wind
to lift up / (fig.) to put on display / to set forth / to expound
bootstrapping
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
to sit for imperial examinations
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
indirect election
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing) / to accuse (in court) / to impeach / to denounce
(do sth) on a large scale
non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election
to look / to raise one's eyes
to lift up / to hold high
"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
many hands make light work (idiom)
the entire country

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