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to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
to like; to be fond of
HSK 1
to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
HSK 4
current situation
HSK 5
to decorate / interior decoration / to fit up / to renovate
HSK 4
form; shape
HSK 3
suit / Western-style clothes / CL:
HSK 5
summer clothing; summer clothes
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
(astronomy) binary star / (fig.) two prominent entities regarded as a pair (often complementary or in rivalry)
Nanxi, a district of Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市, Sichuan
Shuanghu, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市, Tibet
to fantasize; to imagine / an illusion; a fantasy
HSK 6
Jiangchuan, a district of Yuxi City 玉溪市, Yunnan
Xi District or Xiqu, a district of Panzhihua City 攀枝花市, Sichuan
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
(idiom) single-minded; fully focused
novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)
two-day weekend (abbr. for 雙休日|双休日)
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
to change and wash (clothes etc)
Sichuan-style hotpot skewers
Huangzhong, a district of Xining City 西寧市|西宁市, Qinghai
special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL: 條|条
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
innovative
Yangxin, a county in Huangshi City 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
hurried / anxious
Leibo, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
out-of-the-way places
Qingshen, a county in Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Rong County or Rongxian, a county in Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市, Sichuan
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
U-turn
color wheel
Huangling, a county in Yan'an City 延安市, Shaanxi
to establish; to set (a new record)
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
Mabian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市, Sichuan
Lingchuan, a county in Jincheng City 晉城市|晋城市, Shanxi
to attract people's affection / charming / delightful
HSK 7-9
Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市, Sichuan
Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin
Xinjin, a district of Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan
archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
creativity
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
special / dedicated
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
to transliterate; to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传)
vocational secondary school; technical secondary school
professionalism; specialization
transmission system / power drive
to laugh happily / a belly-laugh
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child
Wanxian port city on the Changjiang or Yangtze river in Sichuan, renamed Wanzhou district in Chongqing municipality in 1990
axis of rotation
(Sichuan dialect) member of the younger generation
Heishui, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, Sichuan
As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare
to everyone's delight and satisfaction
twisted pair (cabling)
Fenghuang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州, Hunan
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
HSK 7-9
Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
asthma
sexually transmitted
to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc)
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Peng county in Sichuan
Warner Brothers
Liuzhou, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
to wake sb / to rouse
bisexual / bisexuality
container (for shipping)
HSK 7-9
multi-level marketing
Huidong, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
cheers and laughter
HSK 7-9
two-day weekend
Jiuzhaigou, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, Sichuan
expert system
to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo
trivial matter; a piece of cake
Final Fantasy (video game)
dress shoes
to write / to compose
HSK 7-9
Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河 in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣|泸定县 with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
Zhuang language / language of the Zhuang ethnic group 壯族|壮族 of Guangxi

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