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to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater)
HSK 6
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
boxing ring
this radio station
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
in Taiwan (used attributively)
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
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
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
counter of a bar (pub)
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
observation tower / lookout tower
network platform
operating desk / control panel / console
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
radio station
front desk / reception desk
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
Sendai, city in northeast Japan
application platform (computing)
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
to appear on the same stage
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
astronomical observatory
control desk / console
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
one China and one Taiwan (policy)
table-tennis table
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
floor / platform
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
Hong Kong and Taiwan
transfer desk / correspondence desk
meteorological office / weather forecasting office
software platform
television station
HSK 3
workbench / work station
pavilion
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
pinball
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颱* | 颱* | *颱
typhoon
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *台* | 台* | *台
used in place names
checkout counter; cashier's desk
hardware platform
commode / dressing table / sink
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
runway (for a fashion show etc); catwalk
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
abutment (architecture)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檯* | 檯* | *檯
desk; table; counter
HSK 3
stovetop; rangetop
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
Radio Free Asia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
Taiwan (abbr.)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
tripod head
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
display counter / stand / booth
a turntable
control tower
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
signal station
lookout / viewing platform / observation deck
(computing) cross-platform
top of a kitchen range
operating table
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
watchtower
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
prism
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
to return to Taiwan
guillotine / scaffold
check-in counter
Qitai county or Guchung nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
China and Taiwan
to come to Taiwan
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
stove top / hob
memorial altar / platform for praying to immortals
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3

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