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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
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
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
public relations
HSK 7-9
(Communist) Party and government organizations
public security bureau
to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注)
judicial authorities
to be of vital interest
to enter a pass / to go through customs
entrance hall; vestibule
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
legislature
closely related
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
of great concern
positive correlation
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
governing body of an autonomous territory
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院, University of International Relations, Beijing
ignition switch
to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
a make-or-break matter / a matter of life and death
end of the year
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
to crash through a barrier
half-open, half closed
to declare at customs
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
negative correlation
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
pun / play on words
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
government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office
the press / the media
to be stuck / to feel stuck
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
customs clearance
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
customs house (in ancient times)
main switch
Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
pneumatic switch
area outside a city gate
jaw / mandibular joint
civil service
vitally important / a matter of life and death
(Buddhism) to sit in contemplation
to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
administrative authority / branch of government
matter of life and death
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
financial organization
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
the gates of hell
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
to see through a trick
inbound customs (international trade)
even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
microswitch
customs inspection (at frontier)
variant of 叩關|叩关


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