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Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:
HSK 2
dictionary / also written 辭典|辞典 / CL: ,
HSK 2
the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical
HSK 4
model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative
HSK 4
ceremony; celebration
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
model / example / paragon
HSK 7-9
opening ceremony
classical music
celebration
HSK 7-9
encyclopedic dictionary
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
civil code
dengue fever
sacrificial ceremony / religious festival
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
refined; elegant
Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
typical use / typical application
neoclassical
Sweden
classical literature
warden
classical music (mainly Western)
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canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
ceremony / collection of classical writings
canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
to pawn / pawnshop
to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
HSK 7-9
old classics / old customs / cause
classicists
Athens, capital of Greece
sacred writing / canon
the Acropolis (Athens)
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
Wiktionary (online dictionary)
thesaurus
classical field theory (physics)
dictionary (variant of 詞典|词典) / CL: ,
HSK 5
electronic dictionary
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
favor / grace
the Yongle Great Encyclopedia (1408)
majestic pomp / grand ceremony
wedding / marriage celebration
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
repository of items of cultural significance / collection
case study / classic example
ceremony
walking dictionary / well-informed person
graduation ceremony (abbr. for 畢業典禮|毕业典礼) / (Tw) (coll.) to graduate
important classic text / severe laws
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
classical language
institution / institutional
Swede
drill book
to mortgage / to pawn
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
encyclopedia
thesaurus
encyclopedia
(Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties
cult film
stereotype / exemplar / typification
argot / codeword
inauguration
neoclassicism
mental lexicon
Reuter's Financial Glossary
ancient books or records
(Tw) Urtext edition
ancient Athens
lexicography
pharmacopoeia
legal code / statute
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
pocket dictionary
Buddhist doctrine / sutras
Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
Swedish (language)
ground breaking ceremony
Athena
the Talmud


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