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HSK
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
HSK 6
neutral (gear)
fishing gear
gear lever / stick shift
gearbox / speed changer / gear
automatic transmission / auto gear shift
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
(coll.) row of vendor stalls; street stall area / (Tw) gear shift; gear selector; transmission control (in cars or motorcycles)
(finance) leverage / gearing
low gear / bottom gear
gear (of car etc)
(of uneven surfaces) to fit together / (of gear wheels) to mesh / (dentistry) occlusion / bite
appliance / utensil / gear / equipment
differential (gear)
to change gear
manual gear change / shift stick
(of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage
neutral gear
to change gear
to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself
practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations
travel equipment / travel gear
police gear
differential gear
to link / to peg (currency) / gang (gears) / continuously / serial verb construction
(aviation) landing gear; undercarriage
forward gear
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
(engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)
(of a car) to slip out of gear / to pop out of gear
(neologism, attested by 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea
(machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel)
gears (in a car)
to put into gear / to engage the gear / gear change
gear drive
transmission ratio / gear ratio
gear-shaping
to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando
gear shift
tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth
park (gear) / program mode (on a digital camera)
gear lever
fixie; fixed-gear bicycle
reverse gear
(Tw) to change gears
pinion gear
automatic gear change
worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear
single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle
first gear
top gear; high gear
(engineering) hobbing (process used in manufacturing gears)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *档* | 档* | *档
(Tw) gear (variant of 擋|挡)


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