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HSK
safe; secure / safety; security
HSK 2
to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard
HSK 3
(Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security
HSK 6
food safety (abbr. for 食品安全 or 食物安全)
(Tw) (of a teacher or parent volunteer) to perform student safety duty, guiding students and maintaining traffic order during arrival and dismissal
safety measure; precaution / (coll.) (euphemism) contraception; protection
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils
security / safety
security concerns; safety considerations
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils
safety helmet; hard hat / CL: 頂|顶
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
safety issue / security issue
safety valve
safety and danger / safety
safety airbag (auto.)
to provide a safety net / (coll.) to reveal; to expose (sth disreputable)
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:
public safety officials
seat belt / safety belt
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
HSK 7-9
to be mindful of one's health and safety
safety shorts (worn under a skirt or dress to prevent accidental exposure)
safety goggles
personal safety
safety lamp / safelight
Moral Education Office (administrative department in Chinese schools responsible for overseeing student conduct, moral and ideological education, mental health, safety, aesthetic and patriotic education, extracurricular activities and coordination with families and student organizations)
to support the bottom of sth / (fig.) to provide a safety net
safety net
safety goggles
esophagus; gullet / (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品衛生管理|食品卫生管理)
cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
PRC Maritime Safety Agency
PRC Maritime Safety Agency
(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted
"transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices
check-up (health, car safety, environment etc)
materials safety data sheet (MSDS)
shatterproof or safety glass
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
road traffic safety (abbr. for 交通安全)
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others
aviation safety (Tw)


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