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HSK
hygienic; sanitary / hygiene; sanitation
HSK 3
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
to defend / to safeguard
HSK 5
satellite / moon / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 5
satellite TV (abbr. for 衛星電視|卫星电视)
HSK 7-9
to defend oneself / self-defense
HSK 7-9
to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
HSK 7-9
to defend / defensive / defense
HSK 7-9
satellite TV
tampon
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS / abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯
to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
satellite navigation / sat-nav
Red Guards
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  *衛* | 衛* | *衛
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
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  *衛* | 衛* | *衛
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
moon of Saturn
Phobos (moon of Mars), aka Mars I
right forward (soccer position)
excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
Antwerp (city in Belgium)
Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
satellite navigation system / sat-nav
Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
to guard / to defend
health bureau (or office, or department, or agency)
air self-defense force
communications satellite
(name) David
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
(dialect) thermal undershirt; long underwear top
toilet paper / bathroom tissue
to defend traditional values
environmental sanitation / abbr. to 環衛|环卫
Imperial bodyguard
rear guard / backfield / fullback
commander of the imperial guards
health office / bureau of hygiene
guardian / defender
condom / CL: 隻|只
Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s
Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
to defend one's country
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
World Health Organization (WHO)
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
to surround and protect
imperial guard
Weihui county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡, Henan
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
medical school / nursing school
Red Guards
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
weather satellite
kitchens and bathrooms
traditionalist / moralist / champion (of a cause)
guard at gate / sentry
escort vessel; frigate; corvette
to guard / to protect
Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
satellite photo
Patriotic Health Committee (abbr. for 愛國衛生運動委員會|爱国卫生运动委员会)
artificial satellite
mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃 of Fiery Emperor 炎帝
citadel / defensive city / acropolis
public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation / abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
public health
sanitary equipment
escort vessel / corvette
to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
World Health Assembly
mothball / (jocular term) bullet
self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
sanitary towel
defender (usu. of sth abstract such as people's rights or a government policy)
hooded sweatshirt / hoodie
sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds) / (Tw) sanitary napkin
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织)
the Acropolis (Athens)
women's bathroom (abbr. for 女衛生間|女卫生间)
defender / a guard
Methodists
sanitary (related to toilet and bathroom) / bathroom
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织)
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
(basketball) point guard
self-defense
toothbrush moustache; Hitler moustache
sanitation worker
GPS (Global Positioning System)
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

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