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community / neighborhood
HSK 5
community / colony
HSK 5
community college
(used in overseas Cantonese communities) Chinese person
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
community / social grouping
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
community
HSK 7-9
business world / business community
the calligraphic community
the international community
to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities)
succession (of changes in an ecological community) / naturally evolving sequence
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
the LGBT+ community
new town; planned community
(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
East African Community
public welfare funds / community chest
Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities
bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)
population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants)
scum of a community / degenerate
mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it
fan community / fandom
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
(of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up; to pair up; to form a cooperative association
community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community
abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union)
social group / community organization
community worker employed under China's grid-based governance system, responsible for patrolling neighborhoods, collecting information, mediating disputes and assisting residents
Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村, responsible for turning it into a modern rich community
to benefit the community
Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities)
community police officer; police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or community
(Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk
community
ethnic group / community
Montreal (chiefly used in Hong Kong and the Chinese community in Canada) (from Cantonese 滿地可|满地可 Mun5 dei6 ho2)
community / living together
the police and the community
military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)


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