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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
it doesn't matter
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
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
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
HSK 5
to show concern and care for
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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
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
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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surname Guan
Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
industrial relations / relations between labor and capital
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
jaw / mandibular joint
entrance hall; vestibule
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
keyword
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
judicial authorities
a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
correlation
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
interpersonal relationship
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
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
arthritis
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
pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
official (government-operated) newspaper
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to relate to / concerning / about
to declare at customs
to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽)
the gates of hell
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪
Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
customs inspection (at frontier)
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关 or both
(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
foreign relations / diplomatic relations
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将)
to crash through a barrier
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
the critical moment / life and death crisis
climax (in a story)
to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
not to affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
social relation
area outside a city gate
mountain pass
network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
rheumatoid arthritis
knuckle
matter of life and death

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