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HSK
position / place / seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement
HSK 4
to set up; to install
HSK 4
to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy
HSK 4
to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device
HSK 4
built-in; internal
to deploy / to allocate / configuration / allocation
HSK 6
premodifier (grammar)
nuclear device
rig
ink supply mechanism
to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
cannot be doubted (idiom)
(automobile) transmission
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
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  *置* | 置* | *置
to install / to place / to put / to buy
HSK 7-9
to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement
to put
HSK 7-9
unbelievable; incredible
decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge
to refuse to comment / same as 不置可否
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
HSK 7-9
external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置)
to invert
to shelve / to set aside
HSK 7-9
peremptory / not to be denied / not brooking argument
to pass by without showing interest (idiom)
to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
preposition
relative position
to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of
to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
to handle / to take care of / to punish
HSK 7-9
to doubt
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity
to buy / to acquire / to add to one's possessions
position effect
(coll.) to put (things) back; to tidy up; to put in order
locker / cabinet
to provide as a standard feature / standard feature; standard equipment; standard configuration / (abbr. for 標準配置|标准配置)
bias current (electronics)
to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) / (math.) confidence (interval etc)
to insert / to implant / to embed / to introduce (a new element) into
geographical location
to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside
to buy real estate
to place oneself / to stay
pointing device (computing)
(computing) factory settings
to handle / to arrange
to handle easily (idiom); effortless
to put / to place
comment / statement
to purchase / to buy (usu. real estate)
postposition / suffix / word placed after
confidence coefficient (math.)
(statistics) confidence interval
to purchase
to leave sth unused / to lie idle
to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent / cold and uncaring
to set up; to establish / facilities / (government) agency; authority
having elements from another time or place
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
to transpose
to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard
lit. place on a high shelf / to pay no attention to (idiom)
mobile device (Tw)
to get angry; to take offense
electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)
to make no comment / "no comment"
to throw away / to discard
to offer an opinion / to comment (on the issue) / to have a say (in the matter)
fixture / installation
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain / to detain (a suspect or offender) / (medicine) indwelling
filtration equipment
screensaver (Tw)
detonator
to swap / to exchange / to transpose / to replace
offset / biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
to place in; to put in (a position)
improvised explosive device (IED)
(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
confidence limit (math.)
(cinema, theater) to dress the set
confidence level (math.)
cannot be doubted (idiom)
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
(idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment
to discard / to shelve as useless
product placement
to argue
automatic tool changer (ATC)
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
nuclear explosion device
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
postmodifier (grammar)

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