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(bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
anti-submarine vessel
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
diver / frogman
to submerge / to infiltrate / to steal into
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hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive
potential; latent capacity
HSK 6
hidden / potential / latent
HSK 7-9
imperceptible influence / to influence secretly
HSK 7-9
stock that has potential to increase in value / (fig.) sb with good prospects
submarine
HSK 7-9
(guided) missile submarine
submarine
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
promising / showing potential
to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
HSK 7-9
to concentrate fully on sth / single-minded
incubation period (of disease)
potential threat / potential menace
unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
submarine sandwich
nuclear-powered missile submarine
to snorkel
unconscious mind / subconscious mind / subconsciousness
(bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
to abscond without leaving a trace (idiom)
(bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low; to keep a low profile / quiet; reserved; self-possessed
diving suit / wetsuit
diving suit
hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
potential / hidden capability
HSK 7-9
to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
bends
diving / esp. skin diving
to sneak up on
technical diving
to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water
to hide / to cover up / to conceal
to sneak in / to infiltrate
to hide / latent image (in photography)
potential vector
nuclear-powered attack submarine
freediving; skin diving
intangible changes / unnoticed transformation / changes behind the scenes
in hiding
(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
gleysol (soil taxonomy)
Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming 陶淵明|陶渊明 (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
(underwater) diver
to submerge / to subduct (of tectonic plates)
a submarine
submersible
periscope
Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
(bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
anti-submarine / antisubmarine
bends
latent heat
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
to abscond / to slink off
(bird species of China) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
anti-submarine (warfare)
dive knife
man with good prospects
Qianshan, a county-level city in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
to jump bail
(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
potential
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
Qianjiang sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)


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