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HSK
company; firm; corporation / CL:
HSK 2
chauffeur; driver
HSK 2
sushi
HSK 5
lawsuit / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
bureau chief
HSK 6
to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute
HSK 6
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
commanding officer
HSK 7-9
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
boss / superior
HSK 7-9
ounce (British imperial system) (loanword)
cheese (loanword) (Tw)
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
master of ceremonies (MC)
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surname Si
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to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)
Chevron Corporation
scone (loanword)
priest
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
Chevron Corporation
two-character surname Sikong
(loanword) aspirin
two-character surname Situ
minister of land and people (in ancient times)
sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
ancient Chinese compass
Bridgestone (tire company)
(Tw) companies; businesses
two-character surname Sikou
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
Riesling (grape type)
commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur
cashmere (loanword)
priest
to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing
Stendhal
stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
pharmacist
line judge (tennis etc)
airline / CL:
romance (loanword)
(coll.) an old hand at sth
listed company
limited company / corporation
(courteous) your company
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
(acting) cast (loanword)
(literary) officials
Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament
High Priest
corporations law; company law; corporate law
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
corporate governance
company finance / corporate finance
hell / nether world
(loanword) semaglutide – drug used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, marketed under the trademarks Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy
China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
startup company
parent company
East India Company
transnational corporation / multinational corporation
securities company / share company
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist
bass (loanword)
Apple Inc.
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界
the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China)
(loanword) oseltamivir
subsidiary company / subsidiary corporation
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴
Qualcomm
Microsoft Corporation
(loanword) / pass (for gaining admittance) / to pass (in a game of bridge etc) / to get through; to pass (an exam etc)
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
large company / corporation
Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards
Air China Ltd.
commander
our company (used in business correspondence, contracts etc) (abbr. for 我方公司)
Hewlett-Packard / HP
related company / affiliate
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. to 中石化
subsidiary company / branch office
jurisdiction
Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋, posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝
China National Petroleum Corporation
American Airlines
second in command
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
AT&T
judicial officer
to serve in the role of / (sports) to play as (midfielder, defender etc)
state enterprise
joint-stock limited company / corporation
Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.)
taxi driver

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