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HSK
hygienic; sanitary / hygiene; sanitation
HSK 3
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
to defend / to safeguard
HSK 5
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
World Health Organization (WHO)
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衛* | 衛* | *衛
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衛* | 衛* | *衛
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
health official
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织)
satellite / moon / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 5
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织)
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
Methodists
artificial satellite
to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
HSK 7-9
Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
(dialect) thermal undershirt; long underwear top
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
toilet paper / bathroom tissue
satellite TV (abbr. for 衛星電視|卫星电视)
HSK 7-9
guardian / defender
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS / abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯
traditionalist / moralist / champion (of a cause)
public health
Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
to guard / to defend
public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生
GPS (Global Positioning System)
health office / bureau of hygiene
road traffic policing
defender / a guard
public health (abbr. for 公共衛生|公共卫生)
center forward (soccer position)
quarterback (QB) (American football)
kitchens and bathrooms
satellite TV
sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds) / (Tw) sanitary napkin
World Health Assembly
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
right forward (soccer position)
to stand guard over / (security) guard
Imperial bodyguard
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
communications satellite
to defend / defensive / defense
HSK 7-9
to defend traditional values
defensive weapon
reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
to defend oneself / self-defense
HSK 7-9
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
tampon
to guard / to protect
the Acropolis (Athens)
Patriotic Health Committee
satellite photo
defender (usu. of sth abstract such as people's rights or a government policy)
National Guard (United States)
Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player
escort vessel; frigate; corvette
hooded sweatshirt / hoodie
sanitary towel
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
satellite photo
to defend one's country
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability
Patriotic Health Committee (abbr. for 愛國衛生運動委員會|爱国卫生运动委员会)
(dialect) thermal underwear bottoms; long underwear pants
sweatshirt
SS or Schutzstaffel, paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany
environmental sanitation / abbr. to 環衛|环卫
sanitary equipment
a frigate (warship)
guard
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces
medical school / nursing school
guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
weather satellite
sanitation worker
Weidong, a district of Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
mothball
personal bodyguard
moon of Saturn
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
(provincial) department of health
toilet paper
minister of defense (esp. in Japan)
(name) David
nanosatellite
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
women's bathroom (abbr. for 女衛生間|女卫生间)
moon of Jupiter

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