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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 2
to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash)
HSK 2
to issue / to publish
HSK 3
question / problem / issue / topic / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
HSK 3
to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
HSK 4
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *期* | 期* | *期
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
HSK 3
topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under discussion) / CL: 項|项
HSK 6
to revolve around / to center on (an issue)
HSK 5
to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
HSK 5
visa / to issue a visa
HSK 5
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
to put out / to issue
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
attitude / position (on an issue etc)
HSK 7-9
to release / to issue / to announce / to distribute
HSK 5
to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide
HSK 7-9
task / problem / issue
HSK 5
the subject under discussion / the point at issue
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
HSK 7-9
publisher; distributor; issuer
to ignore an issue (idiom)
to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck
to issue an order
(literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset / (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem / (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)
solution / method to settle an issue
to give nonsensical instructions / to issue orders out of ignorance
issue that needs to be addressed first (before another issue can be resolved)
concrete issue
(of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions
HSK 7-9
admission notice (issued by a university)
safety issue / security issue
to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue; to sing from the same hymn sheet
to apply for a certificate, permit, license or ID / (as an official or authority) to process or issue a certificate, permit etc
The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge.
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
(idiom) to issue a call for action; to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey) / to start (being issued or circulated) / to start (happening) / originating
to issue / to grant / to distribute
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem
to issue / to distribute / to publish along with
to issue / to proclaim / to enact (laws, decrees etc)
HSK 7-9
to issue a document / document issued by an authority / outgoing messages / (Internet) to post an article online
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
issue a decree
(a share issue is) oversubscribed
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities
wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
special collection / special issue / album
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
to issue / to promulgate / to award
HSK 7-9
to flow out; to issue; to leak
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
(of a stock) to fall below the issue price / (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局)
back issue (abbr. for 過期刊物|过期刊物)
to issue an infringement notice
to issue instructions
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颁* | 颁* | *颁
to promulgate / to send out / to issue / to grant or confer
basic issue / fundamental question
to take action / to adopt policies / to move on some issue
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
to invite / to issue an invitation
to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over
to issue a directive / to instruct (that sth be done)
to book tickets / to issue tickets
first issue
document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)
chronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue
publisher / issuer
offering memorandum (for public stock issue) / publication memorandum
issue number (of a magazine etc)
thorny issue / tricky case
to approve and carry out / to issue approval
to issue (a document) / to sign and issue officially
to offer an opinion / to comment (on the issue) / to have a say (in the matter)
items issued by a postal service and collected by philatelists (stamps, postcards, first day covers etc)
to undertake to purchase sth / to subscribe (to share issue)
to issue an imperial edict
scrip shares (issued as dividend payment)
issue for enforcement
(usually used in the negative) major issue / serious problem / big deal
(Tw) duplicate uniform invoice, a type of receipt 統一發票|统一发票 issued to a person or organization without a VAT identification number
(economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
(of fire) to continue burning; to spread / (fig.) (of a disease, controversy, issue or trend) to spread; to intensify; to gain traction
side issues keep arising (idiom)

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