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HSK
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
HSK 4
a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
HSK 5
achievement; accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
HSK 7-9
recent developments / current situation
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  *阎* | 阎* | *阎
surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫 in recent years)
recent year(s)
recent photo
fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
(literary) every year; year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
most recent in the past / recent / late / recently
in recent years
the last few years / last several years / recent years
urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇
national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
lately / in the recent past
student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
(honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter.
Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
(in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation) / (in more recent times) a neutral, colloquial term for the United States
urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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