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HSK
to learn / to study
HSK 1
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
to review / revision / CL:
HSK 2
habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to practice / exercise / drill / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
variant of 復習|复习
HSK 2
to prepare a lesson
HSK 3
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
custom / tradition / local tradition / convention
HSK 7-9
(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
HSK 7-9
to review (a lesson etc)
HSK 7-9
military exercise / war game
to learn on the job / to be on probation
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  *习* | 习* | *习
surname Xi
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  *习* | 习* | *习
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
(schoolwork) exercise / problem / question
character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
teaching and learning / to study and impart
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study
(writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece; an exercise
common saying / idiom
Xishui county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
to practice martial arts
to study / to practice
to lecture / to instruct
bad habit / vice
research and study
accustomed to / used to
to practice writing characters
custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
commonly seen
old habit / former custom
old habit (usually bad) / inbred custom / deep-rooted practice
well established / accepted as a result of long usage
inveterate habit
to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013
to use habitually / usual / conventional
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
intern (student)
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature
exercise booklet
cram class / cram school / evening classes
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
instructional workshop
Study Times, journal of the Central Party School 中央黨校|中央党校
customary law / common law
Xishui county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground
customary
apprentice / probationer / cadet
discussion forum / seminar / assembly
deep learning (artificial intelligence)
trainee
medical intern
anti-Xi (Jinping)
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
(derog.) bureaucracy / red tape
to concentrate on studying hard
bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
folk customs
unfamiliar
accumulated habits become custom
old habits are hard to change (idiom)
exercise book / workbook / CL:
to become accustomed to sth through long practice
deeply ingrained / steeped in
one's habits change with long custom
Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
acquired / learned
(psychology) learned helplessness
idiom
idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然
(of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying
associative learning
medical intern
country manners; provincialism
corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice
old rules and customs
custom; practice


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