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(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
television station
HSK 3
to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
on stage
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
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desk; table; counter
HSK 3
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platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
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typhoon
HSK 3
to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
HSK 6
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
typhoon
HSK 5
balcony / porch
HSK 4
platform around the opening of a well
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
British Broadcasting Corporation / BBC
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
Taiwan province (PRC term)
to change the TV channel
desktop computer
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
billiards
HSK 7-9
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
HSK 3
Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
writing desk
HSK 6
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
table fan / desk fan
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
front desk / reception desk
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
desk clock
in Taiwan (used attributively)
lookout / viewing platform / observation deck
National Taiwan University / abbr. to 臺大|台大
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
multi-platform (computing)
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
rooftop
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
railway platform
(winner's) podium
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taiwan media
table-tennis table
dressing table
counter of a bar (pub)
Taiwan
desktop computer
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室)
Taichung, city in central Taiwan
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Hong Kong and Taiwan
pavilion
operating desk / control panel / console
off the stage / in the audience
Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
checkout counter; cashier's desk
Taiwan Strait
Taitung city in southeast Taiwan, capital of Taitung county
checkout counter / cashier's desk
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
vendor's stall
Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
China and Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), founded in 1987 (abbr. for 台灣積體電路製造公司|台湾积体电路制造公司)
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
New Taiwan dollar
detailed record or log
ink stone / ink slab / CL:
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
to appear on the same stage
to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV
to change the channel (TV)
rotating stage / swivel table
to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
display counter / stand / booth
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
Tainan, a city and special municipality in southwest Taiwan
fort / battery
Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public

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