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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *型* | 型* | *型
mold / type / style / model
HSK 4
model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative
HSK 4
mode; pattern; model
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *表* | 表* | *表
exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)
HSK 2
appearance / manner / pattern / model
HSK 2
model / mold / matrix / pattern
HSK 4
model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model
HSK 5
to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example
HSK 5
top salesperson; sales champion / top-selling product; best-selling model
model / fine example
HSK 5
to model; to shape / appearance; style; design; form; pose
HSK 4
to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate
HSK 7-9
vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc)
HSK 7-9
(fashion) model (loanword)
HSK 4
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
HSK 7-9
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
business model
new style / latest fashion / new model
HSK 7-9
small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塑* | 塑* | *塑
to model (a figure) in clay / (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
hybrid model
Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
(coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
to model; to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
similar (model) / merchandise similar to that used by a celebrity etc
model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
HSK 7-9
to make modifications to a product's model or design
model / prototype / archetype
HSK 7-9
model / example
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *模* | 模* | *模
to imitate / model / norm / pattern
a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋 (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
model / example / paragon
HSK 7-9
export-oriented (economic model)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *師* | 師* | *師
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc)
pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
example / model
HSK 7-9
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)
(of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model
to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model
HSK 7-9
to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray
model worker
surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal; model; benchmark
nuclear model
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *款* | 款* | *款
section / paragraph / funds / CL: 筆|笔, 個|个 / classifier for versions or models (of a product)
top fashion model
Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone / mob boss
plasticine / modeling clay
(fashion) (loanword) model
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
garage kit / action figure / model figure
rule; method; model
model for online fashion sites etc
Acura (Honda car model)
Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
mathematical model
(fashion) model (loanword)
a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name)
to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling)
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
model (example worthy of being imitated) / template
embryonic form / miniature model
model worker
to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines
example; model case
model
child model
situational model
competition model
Standard Model (of particle physics)
"Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏
body model
mentor; role model
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楷* | 楷* | *楷
model / pattern / regular script (calligraphic style)
sample; model; example
model ship; model boat
style / type / model
deluxe model
paper pattern as model in dressmaking / paper patten
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅, 18150 entries
clay modeling / clay figurine or statue
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan

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