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HSK
to make; to manufacture
HSK 3
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to manufacture; to make
HSK 3
to draw up; to formulate
HSK 3
to duplicate / to make a copy of / to copy / to reproduce / to clone
HSK 4
to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to work out / to formulate
HSK 4
to research and manufacture; to research and to develop
HSK 4
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
to manufacture / to turn out (a product)
HSK 5
to control
HSK 5
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
machine-processed; machine-made
HSK 5
mechanism
HSK 5
to weave; to plait / to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
dairy products
HSK 6
to establish (a unit or department) / authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *製* | 製* | *製
to manufacture / to make
HSK 7-9
to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)
HSK 7-9
to force; to compel; to coerce / forced; compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
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
to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic)
HSK 7-9
to record (video or audio)
HSK 7-9
to curb / to put a stop to / to stop / to check / to limit
HSK 7-9
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
to resist / to boycott / to refuse (to cooperate) / to reject / resistance / refusal
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *制* | 制* | *制
system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制
HSK 7-9
specially made; custom-made
HSK 7-9
to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
HSK 7-9
autocracy / dictatorship
HSK 7-9
to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model
HSK 7-9
products / goods
HSK 7-9
to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
HSK 7-9
to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress
HSK 7-9
system / organization
HSK 7-9
(Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc) / to counter
deregulation
made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc)
to produce heat (to warm up a room etc)
to control / to restrict / to prohibit / prohibition / restriction
wooden
to split the bill; to go Dutch
private ownership of property
standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
to refine / to extract
transmission control protocol / TCP
self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade
manufacturing company
to modulate; modulation
to extract (vegetable) oil; oil extraction
joint-stock company
custom-made; made-to-order / to have sth custom made
life tenure
to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
monarchy
manufacturing industry
ready-made meal
(idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt
metric system
organizational structure
to manufacture medicine
(cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft; to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics
to reorganize / to restructure
to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
to prepare / preparation (chemistry)
R-rated
(entertainment industry) producer
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
economic sanctions
limitless / unrestricted
automatic control
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)
(chemistry) to refine
to maintain self-control / self-control
old system / weights and measures of former times
(chemical or pharmaceutical) preparation
to make a plate (printing)
to suppress; to muzzle; to gag
film studio
rules and regulations
biological product
educational system / length of schooling
to win; to prevail; to come out on top
film producer
manufactured goods; finished product
daylight saving time
to compound (medicines etc) / to prepare (by mixing ingredients) / to concoct
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
to brake
to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer
decimal
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern
replica / reproduction
system of constitutional government / (attributive) constitutional
to brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits)
to produce (a TV show etc)
federal / federal system
to control (the course of sth); to guide (a missile)
hexadecimal

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