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  *住* | 住* | *住
to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
HSK 1
to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
HSK 1
to be in hospital / to be hospitalized
HSK 2
to stand
HSK 2
housing
HSK 2
to grab hold of; to capture
HSK 3
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
HSK 4
cannot help / unable to bear
HSK 5
residence; dwelling; abode
HSK 6
to stay at / lodging / accommodation
HSK 7-9
household / inhabitant / householder
HSK 7-9
can't help it / can't bear it
HSK 7-9
address
HSK 7-9
residence; dwelling
HSK 7-9
to stop / to bar the way
to lodge
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
to check in (at a hotel etc)
long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
to hold up / to hinder / to stall
to obstruct
to block up
lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) / fig. people's basic needs
to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
to withstand / to stand up to
shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking
to fascinate / to strongly attract / to obsess / to infatuate / to captivate / to enchant
to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
residence / household / to reside
to board at school
to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)
to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade
Sumitomo, Japanese company
reliable; trustworthy
to be unable to hold back
living area / residential area
to dominate / to control / to subdue / to crush
unreliable
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
to stop / to halt
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well
to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)
to stay calm / to keep one's composure
lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
to keep cool; to stay calm
to be unable to bear or support
to jam / to choke / to clutch / also pr. [qia3 zhu4]
to attend boarding school
habitation / dwelling place / residence / CL: 處|处
to preserve / to save
to brake / to stop / to forbid
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
to hold in one's arms / to embrace
to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
to be able to bear / to be able to support
to fasten / to bind
to embrace
to surround / to gird
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
to migrate / to resettle
dumbfounded; stunned
residential and commercial
to stop (sb) by calling out to them
to resist / to press against / to brace
motionless / unable to move
to stump sb with a question
to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
indigenous peoples / aborigine
hotel guest / tenant
to tether / to tie up / (fig.) to restrict / to keep a hold on
living area
to entangle / to hinder / to impede movement
to provide full board
to grasp firmly
current address / place of residence
to stop / Taiwan pr. [zha3 zhu4]
cling
to catch (sth thrown etc) / to receive (sth given) / to accept
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. for 住房和城鄉建設部|住房和城乡建设部)
to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
can't remember
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. to 住建部)
to envelop / to wrap / to enclose
eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
Sukkot or Succoth, Jewish holiday
to receive hospital treatment / to be hospitalized
to live (somewhere) for free
residence permit
inpatient department
to stop / to come to a halt
ill-founded / groundless
to take control of; to manage; to curb
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
to be dumbfounded / to be astonished
original inhabitant / indigenous people
to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in

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