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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
dictionary (variant of 詞典|词典) / CL: ,
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
celebration
HSK 7-9
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
legal code / statute
canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
ceremony / collection of classical writings
majestic pomp / grand ceremony
favor / grace
pharmacopoeia
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
the Yongle Great Encyclopedia (1408)
Athens, capital of Greece
electronic dictionary
sacrificial ceremony / religious festival
Buddhist doctrine / sutras
walking dictionary / well-informed person
old classics / old customs / cause
important classic text / severe laws
atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
drill book
encyclopedia
sacred writing / canon
thesaurus
ceremony
civil code
Wiktionary (online dictionary)
neoclassical
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
graduation ceremony (abbr. for 畢業典禮|毕业典礼) / (Tw) (coll.) to graduate
ancient Athens
Buddhist scriptures / Buddhist classics
argot / codeword
wedding / marriage celebration
mental lexicon
Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
the Talmud
to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics
encyclopedia
encyclopedic dictionary
pocket dictionary
Reuter's Financial Glossary
thesaurus


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