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HSK
Muscovy duck
Spanish language
HSK 6
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
to inspect / to examine / to test
HSK 5
(zoology) electric ray
Southeast Asia
bright-colored; gaily-colored
HSK 5
rumor / hearsay
HSK 6
Anzhou, a district of Mianyang City 綿陽市|绵阳市, Sichuan
the mid-slope of a mountain
Binzhou, a county-level city in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
see 端午
ammunition
Nanyang Siang Pau (Malay's oldest newspaper)
to play the role of / to act
HSK 5
to support / to provide support for / to maintain
HSK 7-9
nitrite
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
pampered and spoiled since childhood
Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
(bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
phosphate (salt or ester of phosphoric acid)
hepatitis B
Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录
to revere / to admire
HSK 7-9
declaration / manifesto
HSK 7-9
(military) forward position / frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
HSK 7-9
a capstan
conspicuous / eye-catching / glamorous
HSK 7-9
it seems / it looks as if
HSK 7-9
southern Asia
hepatitis C
the other end of the world / a faraway place
Manifesto of the Communist Party / "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848)
banyan
concise / brief
HSK 7-9
to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
HSK 7-9
Jiyang, a district of Sanya City 三亞市|三亚市, Hainan
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
in the blink of an eye
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
refined; elegant
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
to extend / to spread
HSK 7-9
epoxy resin (chemistry)
brief introduction
to spread rumors
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
a telegraph condolence / to send a message of condolence by telegram
in other words
HSK 7-9
sheep
Liannan Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市, Guangdong
precipice / overhanging cliff
HSK 7-9
Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
Spain
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
the mid-slope of a mountain
hepatitis D
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
hepatitis
to ask for sky-high prices
Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
to spread (by word of mouth)
(Tw) ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
good words
canine tooth
to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
dying / at one's last gasp
Spaniard / Spanish person
to praise / to approve of / to show approval
HSK 7-9
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
(math.) prior probability
original shape / the same as before
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
medical technologist
cliff
in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly
medical laboratory technology
dazzling / to show off; to flaunt
HSK 7-9
(philosophy) a priori
official manner
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
anti-inflammatory medicine
to make an exhibition of oneself / to be a disgrace
(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role
Xianyang, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
complaint
HSK 7-9
(hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist
lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time
to assert / assertion

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