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preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
to possess / to have / equipped with / able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
HSK 4
equipment; facilities; installations / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
equipment / to equip / to outfit
HSK 6
the utmost care (idiom); to look after sb in every possible way
faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired
HSK 7-9
to allocate / to provide / to outfit with
HSK 5
to prepare / to make ready / preparation / preparatory
HSK 5
to store up / reserves
HSK 7-9
preparations / to get ready for sth
HSK 7-9
to be ready
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
(of a teacher) to do one's lesson preparation
HSK 7-9
to guard against
to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
HSK 7-9
rearguard
to put on record / to file
lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
spare tire / (slang) fallback guy (or girl)
foreign-exchange reserves
reserve / spare / alternate / backup
HSK 7-9
arms race / armament(s) race
have both
memorandum / aide-memoire / memorandum book
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
backup
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
remarks column (abbr. for 備註欄|备注栏) / remarks; notes (written in such a column)
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
to take precautions / to guard against (emergency)
HSK 7-9
to be prepared for accidents
capital reserve
transmission facility / transmission equipment
spare parts
to be trying to get pregnant
prepared against war / to prepare for war / warmongering
to demand perfection (idiom)
to get the materials ready / to prepare feed (for livestock)
network equipment
to blame / to criticize / condemnation / reproach
HSK 7-9
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
deposit-reserve ratio
machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts
reserves (bank)
essential
guard / garrison
grain reserves
Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom)
an allowance / to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy)
to prepare / preparation (chemistry)
to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference
to the utmost / in every possible way
garrison area / command
for future reference
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
nuclear arms
unprepared; off guard
to get sth ready
reserve fund
to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc)
to make preparations for plowing and sowing
reserve currency
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
to report a proposed activity to an authority (to obtain approval or register one's intentions)
heavily-guarded
travel equipment / travel gear
spare part / component
General Armaments Department (GAD)
audio equipment
to prepare against natural disasters
have sth ready just in case / keep sth for possible future use
all ready / available / complete
sound equipment / stereo
(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
to make preparations
to know all about / to be informed of all the details
to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
(military) arms / armaments
thorough / carefully prepared
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(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; completely
(scuba diving) backup regulator; octopus
memorandum of understanding
alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)
completely unprepared
preparedness / to bring sth to a state of readiness
ready at any moment
US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank
gaming device / controller (for computer or console)
background knowledge / prerequisite
offering memorandum (for public stock issue) / publication memorandum
Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth)
everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item / also written 萬事俱備只欠東風|万事俱备只欠东风
to prepare / to arrange (sth to be offered)
to provide (items for an event) / to cater / to make preparations
to come prepared

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