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to participate / to take part / to join
HSK 2
to look around / to tour / to visit
HSK 2
to participate (in sth)
HSK 4
consultation / reference / to consult / to refer
HSK 4
to compete / to take part in a competition
HSK 6
to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc
HSK 6
staff officer / to give advice
HSK 7-9
to consult a reference / to refer to (another document)
HSK 7-9
to refer to / see also / compare (cf.) / to pay respect to
HSK 7-9
to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
HSK 7-9
parameter
ginseng
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
sea cucumber
ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM)
restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch
parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.)
to be involved in politics / participation in politics
to consult / to refer to / to read (instructions)
consultant / adviser
uneven; jagged; snaggletooth; ragged; serrated
to formally call on / to worship (a God) / to pay homage to sb
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
equity participation (finance)
to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor
Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克
to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote
to mix
half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally
to consult for reference / see also; please refer to
to fully grasp / to penetrate
(idiom) variable / uneven / irregular
to go to war / to engage in war
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation
(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
senior staff officer; staff officer of great talent
uneven and jumbled (idiom); irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess
to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text
to visit / to pay one's respects to (a revered figure etc) / to pay homage (at a tomb etc)
cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
to consider (a matter) / to deliberate
abbr. for 參議院|参议院, senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
for reference only
participant
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争 / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
to pass an argument (computing) (abbr. for 傳遞參數|传递参数)
reference material / source documents
Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
(computing) actual parameter; argument (abbr. for 實際參數|实际参数)
reference book
senate / upper chamber (of legislative assembly)
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
competitor / CL:
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to take part in / to participate / to join / to attend / to counsel / unequal / varied / irregular / uneven / not uniform / abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House
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ginseng / one of the 28 constellations
chief of staff
(military) General Staff Headquarters
for reference only
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子, student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学
reference material / bibliography
Samson, biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for his strength and feats against the Philistines
frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
Rigel (star) / lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
frame of reference
Koryo ginseng
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
closed to visitors / no admittance
election participant / candidate
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variant of 參|参
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old variant of 參|参
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variant of 參|参
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variant of 參|参
(computing) actual parameter; argument
Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer
voter turnout
hemlock (Conium maculatum)
to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
incremental parameter
to accuse / to impeach / (in imperial China) to level charges against an official
to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment
suffrage / voting rights
to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)
reference ellipsoid (geodesy)
participant
delegation
army Chief of Staff
senator
moduli space (math.) / parameter space
variant of 參與|参与
women's suffrage
Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM)
parametrization by arc length (of a space curve)
regular parametrization
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
(military) Chief of Staff
United States Senate

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