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HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
what kind?; what sort?
HSK 2
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
who? / what (kind of) person?
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
surname Kostunica / Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008
What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关 + {person} + 什麼事|什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
somewhere / someplace / where
(food) assorted / mixed / assortment
when?; at what time?
Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008
Kaposvár in southwest Hungary, capital of Somogy County 紹莫吉州|绍莫吉州
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ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
Qeshqer Shehiri (Kashgar city) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
Bolshevik
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
various kinds of everyday utensils
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)
Shia (a movement in Islam)
Kashgar, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
Marrakech (city in Morocco)
Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
tithing
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan (Tw)
Kashmir
Cavendish (name) / Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist
Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Shia sect (of Islam)
leishmaniasis (medicine)
Nash (surname)
Pakistan administered Kashmir
Shifang, a county-level city in Deyang City 德陽市|德阳市, Sichuan
Ørsta (city in Norway)
Porsgrunn (city in Telemark, Norway)
Binche (Belgian city)
Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg
fine verse
utensils / furniture
and so on; and so forth; and what not
mixed fruit salad
the Hindu Kush (mountain range)
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan
Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)
encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃
Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
dogfish (loanword)
Pashtu (one of the languages of Afghanistan)
What brings you here? (idiom)
János (Hungarian name)
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
sth pertinent to say
Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan
(dialect) nuisance / pain
poem
Nashville, capital of Tennessee
surname Ashrawi / Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia
Wushitala Hui village in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Uchturpan nahiyisi (Uqturpan county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
mixed vegetables
New Hampshire, US state
Farkas (Hungarian name)
Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan
Bushehr Province of southern Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf / Bushehr, port city, capital of Bushehr Province
Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 / Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
Kumarajiva c. 334-413, Buddhist monk and translator of Zen texts
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang


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