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HSK
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
bookshelf / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *書* | 書* | *書
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
bookstore / CL:
HSK 1
library / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
bookcase
HSK 5
credentials / certificate
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
secretary
HSK 4
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
literary reputation
books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: , 冊|册,
HSK 6
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
encyclopedia / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
Book of Habakkuk
physical book
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls
Book of Hosea
(formal) your letter
deputy secretary
to read; to study / to attend school
HSK 7-9
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
written notice
HSK 4
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
banned book
to write
HSK 7-9
to read / to study
library card
written appeal
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
obscene book / pornography
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
Facebook
REDnote (Chinese social networking platform)
written evidence
bookcase
HSK 7-9
calligraphic style / font
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
letter / epistle
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
books / works
HSK 7-9
ancient official title
New Testament
ancient book / old book
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
a book on the art of war
reference book
books and periodicals; publications
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录)
admission notice (issued by a university)
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
a series of books / a collection of books
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *書* | 書* | *書
abbr. for 書經|书经
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
written report
national library
recommendation letter
Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
spine of a book
entire book; unabridged book
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
see 家信
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest bookstore chain
pornographic book
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
paperwork; clerical tasks / (Tw) word processing
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
statement
to write at a tremendous speed
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
application / application form / petition (to higher authorities)
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
forged book / book of dubious authenticity / misattributed book / Apocrypha
History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄 in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls
the calligraphic community
to record faithfully
United Nations Secretariat
micropedia
reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
written proposal; document outlining an initiative
history book
to write personally / personal letter
bookworm / pedant / bookish fool

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