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HSK
to install / to erect / to fix / to mount / installation
HSK 3
current situation
HSK 5
to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
robust / healthy / sturdy
HSK 7-9
genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
HSK 7-9
sheet pile
paperback / plainly packaged / opposite: 精裝|精装
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
reversal / inversion / to reverse / to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
revolving door
coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped
(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
devastation / miserable condition
to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
canned (food, coffee etc)
annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like
prequel
men's clothes
manor house / villa / (used in hotel names)
to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander
Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 and often worn by Mao Zedong
previous condition / original state
loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
to go for a stroll
casual dress
dignified / composed
to compile / to edit
sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转
surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
big restaurant
upon seeing this, ... / in response, ...
bold, visionary words
(dialect) wall brick
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo
to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
convulsed with fear (idiom)
to dress up and make up (like an actor)
retrovirus
cross-dresser
lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
light makeup
to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
linear
rural township in Miaoli County 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
to restore sth to its original state
optional (equipment)
coronary artery
(lit. and fig.) to go around and around; to wander around
fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions
(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
merry-go-round / carousel
coronavirus
mooring bollard
a surface of revolution (math.)
beautiful attire
COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019
axis of rotation
makeup box (old)
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传
conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
variant of 輾轉|辗转
to rotate about an axis / axis of rotation (math.)
angle of rotation
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering / a radical change
teleportation
spin ball
hypnosis
Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty in Suzhou, Jiangsu
mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远, Guangdong
metastasis
floor tile
(computing) installation package
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
Turkish döner kebab
Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
rotational angular velocity
rotation / rotary motion
(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
spongy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease
circular standing stones
foliated / striated into thin leaves
drag show; cross-dressing show
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人
deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line)
angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence
coronary bypass operation
coronary bypass operation
recoil (of a gun)
(molecular biology) reverse transcription
hoop

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