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HSK
senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学)
HSK 2
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
general academic senior high school (as opposed to vocational high schools)
general academic senior high school (as opposed to vocational high schools) (abbr. for 普通高中)
housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
HSK 7-9
senior / older generation / precursor
HSK 7-9
entrance exam for senior middle school
(Tw) senior technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service)
Fu Zuoyi (1895–1974), Chinese general and politician, Nationalist commander who negotiated the peaceful surrender of Beiping (Beijing) to the Communists in 1949, and later held senior posts in the PRC government
senior official (in imperial China)
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school
senior provincial official in imperial China
senior concubine / imperial consort
the middle generation (between senior and junior cohorts, esp. in a profession)
senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
HSK 7-9
senior
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
senior; highly experienced; veteran
HSK 7-9
senior or older male schoolmate
He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc) / (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
senior high school student
to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
HSK 7-9
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
senior executive
princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
senior citizens' home; old folks' home
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
end seat / final place (for less senior person)
senior or older female schoolmate
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史 and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典
senior official
senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師|高级工程师) / (Tw) industrial vocational high school (abbr. for 高級工業職業學校|高级工业职业学校)
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  *尊* | 尊* | *尊
senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel
no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior
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  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位
senior staff officer; staff officer of great talent
the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
senior high school enrollment
captain (army rank) / senior captain
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it
a senior monk
senior student
an elder; a senior
high official / senior executive
senior military officers / top brass
(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or grandparents
senior center
Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
senior provincial government official in dynastic China
senior technician; technical expert
senior monk
to make (products, living spaces etc) suitable for the elderly; (attributive) senior-friendly; elder-accessible
(old) a senior in one's household
student of a senior high school
to draw water / (fig.) to promote sb to a more senior position
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
aged and respected; senior
senior executive; senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员)
Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
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  *士* | 士* | *士
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
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  *姒* | 姒* | *姒
wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik
(literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official); (fig.) dignitaries / (literary) to hold an official post
senior palace maiden / unmarried woman
senior partner in sworn brotherhood
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
end seat / place for less senior person
the wife of 杞梁, a senior official of the state of Qi who died on a military expedition / (fig.) a widow
to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
senior fellow student
high position / senior post
renowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc)
Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official
(literary) to assist in governing the country (used in titles of honorary advisory positions in imperial China) / (Singapore) senior minister (advisory cabinet position typically held by former top officeholders) / (Tw) presidential senior advisor (honorary title conferred by the president of the Republic of China) (abbr. for 總統府資政|总统府资政)
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  *冢* | 冢* | *冢
mound / burial mound / senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
senior high school
senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck


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