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operation / action / CL: 個|个 / to move about / mobile
HSK 2
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
HSK 6
to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)
HSK 5
(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function; to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate; to run / (of a computer) to run
HSK 5
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
HSK 5
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
(surgical) operation / surgery / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
HSK 7-9
to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation)
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
HSK 7-9
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
normal operation / proper functioning
franchised operation / franchising
joint public private operation
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
(organ) transplant operation
military operation
to plan / operations / logistics
routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company)
base of operations
floating point operation
stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence
to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation; service
HSK 7-9
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
commonplace in military operations (idiom)
commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations
operations research (OR)
Beijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018
psychological warfare / psychological operations / psyop
to suppress (insurgents) / clean-up operation
battlefield operation / paintball
remote operation
the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and Operation Regenbogen, the scuttling of U-boats in 1945
to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)
to lead military operations with extraordinary skill
to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task; to take the reins
to rescue / rescue (operation, workers)
coronary bypass operation
to put a new bus or railway station into operation
(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) / (of a patient) to have an operation
coronary bypass operation
booth; vendor's stall / (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations
mixed use (e.g. pedestrians and vehicles) / joint operation (e.g. trains and buses)
factory operations; factory administration
running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
inverse operation / inverse calculation
to finish school, esp. a short course / to complete a course / (of a company) to cease operations
to perform calculations / (mathematical) operation
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
ground control (of airborne or space operation)
sea land air (transport, or military operations)
Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)
war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations
lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well
coronary bypass operation
(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 / also written 鐺鐺車|铛铛车
to put into production / to put into operation
to drag / to tow / (computing) to drag (mouse operation)
to move one's base (of operations) / to reposition / to relocate
the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
operations and maintenance (esp. of IT systems, networks, or industrial facilities – in IT contexts, refers to system administration, deployment, and monitoring) (abbr. for 運行|运行 + 維護|维护)
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演)
on-site operations (e.g. surveying)
breast enlargement operation / boob job
Operation Blessing (charitable relief organization)
clandestine activities / covert operation
(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956 / also written 噹噹車|当当车


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