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plateau / CL:
HSK 5
grassland / prairie / CL:
HSK 5
field / plain / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
HSK 6
to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry)
HSK 7-9
to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *原* | 原* | *原
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
collagen (protein)
antigen
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江
allergen / anaphylactogen
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
prairie / savanna
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
Loess Plateau of northwest China
Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
alluvial plain
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
North China Plain
glycogen
prothrombin
to start a prairie fire
Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
tundra
pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia
Sanyuan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne
wasteland
Qingyuan county in Fushun 撫順|抚顺, Liaoning
neuron / also written 神經元|神经元
tundra
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea
Fujiwara (Japanese surname)
Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原
Haiyuan county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
Sugawara (Japanese surname)
Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯, Heilongjiang
cause of disease / pathogen
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
East European Plain
Central Asian grasslands
Hulunbuir grasslands of Inner Mongolia
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)
Changwon City, capital of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea
Eastern Myanmar plateau
Urat plain in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia
Salisbury plain
information source
Nalat grasslands
zymogen / fermentogen
Zhenyuan county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Yangyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi
collagen (protein)


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