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  *國* | 國* | *國
country; nation; state / (bound form) national
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whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
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National Day
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nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
national anthem
HSK 6
national defense
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
country's territory / national land
HSK 7-9
national treasure
HSK 7-9
to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc)
HSK 7-9
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
national economy
National Cheng Kung University (abbr. for 成功大學|成功大学)
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
national / state-run / public
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day
Tsinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
national security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全) / national security act / state security agency
(Tw) National Taxation Bureau, local branch of the Ministry of Finance 財政部|财政部
Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
national park
Taroko National Park in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, Taiwan / Taroko ethnic group Taiwan
national debt / government debt
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
national library
abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会, United Nations General Assembly / abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学, National Southwest Combined University
(sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会)
environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
national boundary; border between countries
national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name
abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
public purse / state treasury / national exchequer
national holiday
national day
national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准) / international standard ballroom dancing (abbr. for 國際標準舞|国际标准舞)
national
National Health Insurance (Tw)
national prestige
national border / frontier
National Police Agency (Taiwan) / abbr. for 內政部警政署|内政部警政署
National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会)
internal / national / domestic (policy)
(Tw) National Pension, a social security scheme in Taiwan
national capital
National Protection Army of 1915 (in rebellion against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯)
PRC National Day (October 1st)
national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
national football team member
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
PRC National Day (October 1st)
national calamity
third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
national hero
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛, Pingtung county, south Taiwan
national essence / quintessence of national culture
(literary) person who dies for their country / martyr to the national cause
a national policy
national history / dynastic history
National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA)
National Revolutionary Army
national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹 in China)
major policy of the national government
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA
credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
gross national product (GNP)
champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions)
national law
large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit
state system (i.e. form of government) / national prestige
national pastime / national sport
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門|天安门)
common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
family members of nationals residing abroad
Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
(name) Berger / Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
national strength / situation in a state
Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原 / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem
divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
(Tw) gross national product; GNP
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
Brzezinski (name) / Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981
Australian National University (ANU), Canberra
national music / Chinese traditional music
combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节 falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)

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