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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
it doesn't matter
HSK 1
to be concerned about; to care about
HSK 2
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 關係|关系
HSK 3
pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
HSK 4
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
HSK 5
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
to be related; to be connected / relationship; connection
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
to show concern and care for
HSK 6
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
public relations
HSK 7-9
customs duty / tariff
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
to switch off; to shut off
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
industrial relations / relations between labor and capital
key performance indicator (KPI)
pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
surname Guan
to transfer (from one unit to another)
sexual relations / sexual contact / intercourse
legislature
vitally important / a matter of life and death
Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
person who crashes through a barrier / gate-crasher
positive correlation
customs house (in ancient times)
blood relationship; consanguinity
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
entrance hall; vestibule
to relate to / concerning / about
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to enter a pass / to go through customs
keyword
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
arthritis
correlation
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
customs levy / customs post charging import duties
relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations
inbound customs (international trade)
Guam
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
closely related
Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
foreign relations / diplomatic relations
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
international relations
to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
of great concern
official (government-operated) newspaper
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to be of vital interest
to declare at customs
main switch
to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
public relations
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽)
the gates of hell
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
customs clearance
machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪
customs inspection (at frontier)
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally

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