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HSK
left / the left side / to the left of
HSK 1
companion; pal / partner; business associate
HSK 4
most / mostly / most likely
HSK 6
multilateralism
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
national subsidy (abbr. for 國家補貼|国家补贴)
national treasure
HSK 7-9
daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
(math.) Cartesian coordinate system
stem of a fruit
(idiom) unpredictable; ever-changing
to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
to downsize (an organization, military unit etc) / to abridge (a work, TV program etc)
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom)
Nobel Prize in Physics
to take notes
clumsy / awkward / lacking skill
variant of 夥伴|伙伴
HSK 4
to accompany / to keep sb company
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon / CL: 根
HSK 7-9
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans) / a setback; a failure; a defeat
(geometry) coordinate system
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
working report / operating report
omnipresent
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
cryptocurrency
Chinese character error (collective term for 錯字|错字 and 別字|别字)
HSK 7-9
over fifty percent / more than half
HSK 7-9
to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
not stopping at anything / all manner of evil
universal exposition / world expo
not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
(Buddhism) retribution / karma
nationality / country-specific (history, report etc)
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
to talk rubbish
Lhoba ethnic group
worksheet
Torch Festival
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
HSK 7-9
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
vertical coordinate; ordinate
(idiom) just as expected
to practice fraud / to cheat / to engage in corrupt practices
HSK 7-9
money market
(lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)
dopamine / also pr. [duo1ba1an1]
mop
currency / monetary / money
HSK 7-9
to feel puzzled
HSK 7-9
(math.) coordinate method
tablecloth / (Tw) (computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties)
HSK 7-9
overbearing / forceful / aggressive / menacing / imperious
dystopia
digital currency
(idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
(geometry) coordinate / (fig.) point of reference; frame of reference; guidepost
karma / preordained fate (Buddhism)
to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost
CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
Europe / Europa
currency exchange
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
it does not make sense
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. for 國家標準碼|国家标准码
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
completely incompatible / lit. incompatible as fire and water
polyploid (multiple chromosomes)
Chernobyl
partner (in a joint undertaking); collaborator
to feel perplexed
North Jeolla Province, in west South Korea, capital Jeonju 全州
Nobel Peace Prize
mop
international standard ballroom dancing
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
strategic partner
katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
buffoon / clown / ridiculous person
Tom Robbins, American novelist
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
(saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
Urtext edition
(lit.) too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / (fig.) extremely delicate; fragile
Nobel (Prize)
live target / target (of criticism etc)
omnipotent
Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
fickle / (math.) multivariate
multilateral
HSK 7-9
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
digital currency (Tw)
torch / CL: 把

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