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humanity / human race / mankind
HSK 3
sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴)
HSK 2
(meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
HSK 3
the human world / the earth
HSK 5
human rights
HSK 6
ethical norms governing human relationships
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse
HSK 7-9
human body
HSK 7-9
artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
HSK 7-9
human emotions / social relationship; friendship / favor; a good turn
HSK 7-9
human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes
HSK 7-9
human resource efficiency (abbr. for 人力資源效能|人力资源效能)
personnel office / human resources (HR)
manpower / staff / human hand
HSK 7-9
human organ
Human Genome Project
sign of human habitation
human lifespan / life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险)
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织)
human relationships / interpersonal
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索) / human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌, human shield)
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
human habitat
human nature (idiom) / a behavior that is only natural
mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
human resources
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
primitive man; prehistoric human
clone human
(military) human wave attack
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth
human warmth / friendliness / human touch
person / personal / human body
HSK 7-9
human trafficker
human life / CL: 條|条
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伦* | 伦* | *伦
human relationship / order / coherence
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (PRC) / abbr. for 人力資源和社會保障部|人力资源和社会保障部
(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans
bucket brigade / human chain
proper human relationships
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
human chain
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point
human life is beyond value (idiom)
human geography
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窝* | 窝* | *窝
nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
HSK 7-9
human anatomy
human chest / breast
parasite (human)
human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success
person in a vegetative state / human vegetable
human anatomy
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes
(idiom) without trace of human presence; uninhabited; deserted
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
human resources department
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
human trafficking / to abduct and sell / to kidnap and sell
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇
trafficking in persons / human trafficking
a human rights activist / a fighter for human rights
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
to have disregard for human life (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛲* | 蛲* | *蛲
parasitic worm / human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist
human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
devil incarnate (idiom) / fiend in human form
the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs
cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
human shield
to be lacking in human character
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
the back of the human body
trafficking in human beings
(human) body
human barricade; (soccer) defensive wall
(dead) human remains
"human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子
morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral
faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
human immune deficiency virus (HIV) / the AIDS virus
the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity)

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