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HSK
everything / every / all
HSK 3
amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar
HSK 3
close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential
HSK 4
urgent; pressing
HSK 4
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
feasible / realistic / practical / earnestly / conscientiously
HSK 6
direct / concerning oneself / personal
HSK 7-9
all risks (insurance)
unrealistic / impractical
remember at all costs
close; near / similar to
rash / hasty
to put money above everything else
close-fitting / closest (translation)
HSK 7-9
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired
to cut
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns
to cut off; to sever
HSK 7-9
to excise / to cut out (a tumor)
HSK 7-9
closely related
to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
deeply felt / heartfelt / sincere / honest
HSK 7-9
earnest / sincere
by no means
traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake
the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant / condescending / supercilious
keenly felt pain / bitter anguish
Manchester / also written 曼徹斯特|曼彻斯特
wind shear (meteorology)
to cut into; to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
definite / exact / precise
HSK 7-9
eager / impatient
urgency
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
(name) Chelsea
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
to pay close attention (to sth)
Charterhouse public school (UK)
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
apt / appropriate
impractical / not conforming to reality
to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination)
to demand the highest standards of sb (or oneself) (idiom) / to strive to achieve the best possible results / to be a perfectionist
mournful
feasible
serious concern
osculation (higher order tangency)
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
Chernobyl
you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)
to relate closely / closely related
to cut across / a horizontal cut
ardent / eager / earnest
to see everything clearly
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
sincere / fervent
fervent
to compare notes; to learn from one another
(epidemiology) close contact
Mrs Thatcher / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
tangent line (geometry)
incisor tooth
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
incision / notch / slit / gash / margin of a page / trimmed edge (of a page in a book)
slang / argot / private language used as secret code
to keep to the subject
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
section / cross-cut / tangent plane (math.)
to cut (with scissors or similar tool); to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste")
cutter / knife
Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders
practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations
harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
a private whisper
(literary) deeply felt; heartfelt (esp. involving grief or remorse)
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
tangent vector
Cheney (name) / Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008
eager / impatient / guileless
everything in its place and ready (idiom)
urgent advice / to exhort
contact (math.)
Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
to fit in with / to suit / appropriate
slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy
essential / extremely important
to watch closely
to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone
Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex)
to cut / cutting / machining
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
stage props

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