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HSK
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
racetrack / field (for athletics competition)
HSK 6
to face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented / (Tw) aspect; facet
HSK 6
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *端* | 端* | *端
(bound form) tip; end; extremity / (bound form) aspect; facet / (bound form) upright; proper / to hold sth level with both hands; to carry / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 6
smart / charming / attractive / witty / facetious / ironic
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
(pharmacology) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic
aspect; facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane
HSK 6
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
acetone CH3COCH
actinomycete (bacteria of order Actinomycetales)
day labor / piece-time work
many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
(literary) humorous; facetious
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
Princeton University
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
acetic acid (CH3COOH) / ethanoic acid
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
(bird species of China) Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti)
to meet face-to-face
acetic acid (CH3COOH) / acetate
acetylene / ethyne C2H2
(finance) price-to-book ratio
acetyl radical CH3COO-
to lie down (on one's side)
multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
acetate CH3COO-
et cetera / and so on ... / wait a minute! / hold on!
Cetus (constellation)
glacial acetic acid
ascetic monk
yeast; saccharomycete
yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌)
observatory
Princeton, New Jersey
to bargain face-to-face / to negotiate directly
paracetamol (loanword)
toothed whales / Odontoceti
to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint
acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
acetal resin / Delrin / unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (uPVC or rigid PVC)
Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti)
to close (a window) completely; to shut (a door) properly; to turn off (a faucet) tightly
acetyl (chemistry)
horse racing track / racetrack
to meet head-on / face-to-face / directly
slime mold (Myxomycetes)
cellulose acetate (used for film and fiber)
cetacean
lancet (surgeon's knife)
(bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
acetaldehyde H3CCHO / ethanal
oxyacetylene
oxyacetylene torch
(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
zero distance / face-to-face
(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
paracetamol / acetaminophen
Paris green / copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2
Zygomycetes
ascetic practice
to deliver personally / to hand over face-to-face
faucet; tap / bicycle handlebar / chief; boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader; front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船
distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack
facing one another; face-to-face
acetyl radical CH3COO-
(Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts / asceticism
to make astronomical observation
key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious)
ethyl acetate / acetidin
to cut using oxyacetylene torch
to sit face-to-face and drink
stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days
Albacete (capital city of Spain's Albacete Province)
ascomycete
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
(bird species of China) chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major)
Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
metronidazole, clotrimazole and chlorhexidine acetate (as suppository)
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
(idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue; to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation
face-to-face meeting / an interview
four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
an oxyacetylene torch
asceticism
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鎞* | 鎞* | *鎞
plowshare / barb, lancet
to talk face-to-face
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
motor racetrack / cycle racetrack
tiny insignificant details / niceties

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