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HSK
to manufacture; to make
HSK 3
to make; to manufacture
HSK 3
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to draw up; to formulate
HSK 3
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone
HSK 4
to work out / to formulate
HSK 4
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
to control
HSK 5
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  *制* | 制* | *制
to manufacture / to make
HSK 7-9
to manufacture / to turn out (a product)
HSK 5
mechanism
HSK 5
machine-processed; machine-made
HSK 5
to research and manufacture; to research and to develop
HSK 4
to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
binary system (math.)
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
dairy products
HSK 6
system / organization
HSK 7-9
one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
two-party system
to establish (a unit or department) / authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)
HSK 6
to weave; to plait / to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model
HSK 7-9
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
ice maker
to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
HSK 7-9
automatic control
eight-hour working day
inhibition
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
old system / weights and measures of former times
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
(Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc) / to counter
metric system
made in China
to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
autocracy / dictatorship
HSK 7-9
to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
metric units
to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
HSK 7-9
republic
to tabulate / tabulation / scheduling / watchmaking
to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit
HSK 7-9
system of weights and measures
caste system
PRC system of compulsory registration
accounting system
to win; to prevail; to come out on top
manufacturing industry
manufactured goods; finished product
generic drug; generic medicine
form of government
to produce heat (to warm up a room etc)
specially made; custom-made
HSK 7-9
to win by a surprise move
Eight Banners system, the military and social organization of the Manchus between c. 1500 and 1911
(military) high ground / vantage point (providing a good view); commanding position (providing strategic advantage)
systematization
made in France
presidential system
(entertainment industry) producer
to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic)
HSK 7-9
maker / manufacturer
control room
hexadecimal
public ownership
to print / to produce (a publication)
slavery
manufacturing plant / factory
to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress
HSK 7-9
monogamy
the one-child policy
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
International System of Units
autocratic monarchy / imperial regime
production / manufacture
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
multiparty system
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
printed circuit board
democratic centralism
the feudal system / system of enfeoffment
to record (video or audio)
HSK 7-9
to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
(chemistry) to produce
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform
use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
private ownership of property
legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
to reorganize / to restructure
to cook / to prepare (food)
limitless / unrestricted
pharmaceutical company
octal
products / goods
HSK 7-9
separation of powers for checks and balances

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