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HSK
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 research and manufacture; to research and to develop
HSK 4
mechanism
HSK 5
machine-processed; machine-made
HSK 5
to control
HSK 5
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
to establish (a unit or department) / staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)
HSK 6
to weave / to plait / to compile / to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *制* | 制* | *制
to manufacture / to make
HSK 7-9
to record (video or audio)
HSK 7-9
system / organization
HSK 7-9
to resist / to boycott / to refuse (to cooperate) / to reject / resistance / refusal
HSK 7-9
to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
HSK 7-9
to force; to compel; to coerce / forced; compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
HSK 7-9
to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress
HSK 7-9
to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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
autocracy / dictatorship
HSK 7-9
to modulate; modulation
to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
custom-made; made-to-order / to have sth custom made
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
made in France
to split the bill; to go Dutch
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)
decimal
made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc)
to draw; to draft
to tan (leather) / tanning
organizational structure
prefabricated / precut / to prefabricate
to maintain self-control / self-control
self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade
to fire (in a kiln)
rolling steel
full-time (schooling, work etc)
to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product
tax system
to control / to restrict / to prohibit / prohibition / restriction
to reorganize / to restructure
to cook / to prepare (food)
refined
wooden
American made
competition format; tournament system (e.g. round robin, single-elimination knockout etc)
to compound (medicines etc) / to prepare (by mixing ingredients) / to concoct
one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
to produce (a TV show etc)
etiquette / system of rites
to be controlled (by sb) / to suffer under a yoke
autocratic monarchy / imperial regime
to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer
marinated / to make by pickling, salting or curing
to supervise the manufacture of / to supervise the shooting of films / executive producer (film)
form / shape / structure / design
to suppress; to muzzle; to gag
to brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits)
old system / weights and measures of former times
(Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc) / to counter
to convert; to reprocess; to turn (sth) into
(chemistry) to refine
to infuse; to brew (a herbal remedy or beverage)
to print / to produce (a publication)
to sew / to make (clothes, bedding)
metric system
the civil service system / the bureaucratic system
custom-made; made-to-order / to have sth custom made
to control
to smoke; to cure over a fire
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern
currency system
to gather and process (herbs etc) / (of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item)
system of constitutional government / (attributive) constitutional
to control / to restrain
daylight saving time
to exploit sb's point of weakness to force them to do one's bidding
to refine / to extract
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
to control
to rule / to dominate
well-field system
binary system (math.)
made of silver
two shift system (in schools)
to write a poem on the order of the Emperor
military system
production / manufacture
to bind / to restrict / to constrain
legal fiction
to draft (a plan etc)
to bake
to make a copy / to reproduce / to remake (a movie)
to knead (leather)

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