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HSK
to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
HSK 4
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  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
to conquer / to subdue / to vanquish
HSK 4
low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile
HSK 7-9
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  *克* | 克* | *克
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 2
street / CL: 條|条 / subdistrict / residential district
HSK 4
(HK) subdivided flat (apartment); partitioned apartment; tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat
to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
HSK 7-9
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
HSK 7-9
belly / abdomen / stomach / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套
HSK 7-9
(PRC) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit) (abbr. for 街道辦事處|街道办事处)
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide
HSK 7-9
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
branch / subsection / to subdivide
lower abdomen
underbelly / lower abdomen
to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特
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  *腹* | 腹* | *腹
abdomen / stomach / belly
abdomen / belly / flank
HSK 7-9
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
to abdicate
Sunni (subdivision of Islam)
(BDSM) ball gag
graceful and subdued (style)
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
administrative subdivision
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations)
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
central business district (e.g. CBD of Beijing)
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
(PRC) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit)
to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe
to kidnap / to abduct / to hijack / a kidnapping / abduction / staking
HSK 7-9
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
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  *旗* | 旗* | *旗
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县 county / CL: 面
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
human trafficking / to abduct and sell / to kidnap and sell
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
to accept abdication
Charlie Hebdo (French magazine)
rectus abdominis muscle (aka abdominals or abs)
to draw in one's belly; to tighten the abdominal muscles
to overpower / to overwhelm / to subdue / to check / to control
to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively
pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor who lured girls with the prospect of seeing "goldfish" in his apartment)
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
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  *降* | 降* | *降
to surrender; to capitulate / to subdue; to conquer; to tame
lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Yongzhen abdication of 805
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  *盟* | 盟* | *盟
oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
military subdistricts
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  *克* | 克* | *克
variant of 克 / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
HSK 2
to abduct / to kidnap
lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
to tie up / to bind / to tether / bondage (BDSM)
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group / former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
(astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行); (coll.) to have a period of bad luck / (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks
to abdicate / to resign a position
5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces
an undergarment covering chest and abdomen
cannabidiol (CBD)
Arab League; League of Arab States (abbr. for 阿拉伯國家聯盟|阿拉伯国家联盟) / Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia (abbr. for 阿拉善盟)
frequency sharing / subdivision of radio waveband
to rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the dwelling is fit to accommodate (i.e. involving subdivision of rooms etc)
subdialect
subdivision or branch of an organization / news bureau
(computing) subdirectory
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  *禅* | 禅* | *禅
to abdicate
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  *钼* | 钼* | *钼
molybdenum (chemistry)
9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
branch or subdivision of a family
to abdicate
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
to abdicate / to yield
rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)
to dominate / to control / to subdue / to crush
to abduct
(BDSM) wax play
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  *症* | 症* | *症
abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point
undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
to seize by force / to abduct
3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

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