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HSK
surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
HSK 2
to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個|个, 項|项 / certainly
HSK 3
special; specific; designated; particular
HSK 5
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
to draw up; to formulate
HSK 3
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular
HSK 4
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
HSK 3
to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
HSK 3
firm / steady / staunch / resolute
HSK 5
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify
HSK 4
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
HSK 5
to establish / to fix / to settle
HSK 7-9
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
HSK 7-9
to foreordain / to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
paternity or maternity test
to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
to be screwed; to be toast
Internet protocol / IP
to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
HSK 7-9
ordinary provision (law)
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
(Tw) (computing) communication protocol
DNA test; DNA testing
to schedule in advance
HSK 7-9
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
to draw up / to draft / to formulate
HSK 7-9
to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
HSK 7-9
to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
stable; calm; settled / to stabilize / Valium; diazepam
HSK 7-9
to determine (by measuring or surveying)
HSK 6
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
presumption of innocence (law)
GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
calm / unperturbed / cool
HSK 7-9
definition / to delimit
HSK 7-9
to await a decision / to be pending
agreement / accord / to reach an agreement
HSK 7-9
to evaluate / to make one's judgment
HSK 7-9
to exchange vows with (sb) / to exchange vows at (a time or place)
a test / determination / to check up on / to examine / to assay
statutory; law-based; legal
(loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
calm and collected / unperturbed
to demarcate / to delimit
to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver
certain / confident (of some outcome) / calm and unhurried
ruling
HSK 7-9
to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise
to state in advance / preset / given
to drift without a resting place (idiom) / roving / errant / vagrant / erratic
(idiom) it's a deal / that's settled then
to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve
HSK 7-9
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver / to shilly-shally
to be predestined
to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
HSK 7-9
constant
decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
HSK 7-9
to assess / to estimate the value
to sign (a contract, treaty etc)
titration
to infer; to consider and come to a judgment / to elect
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
trade agreement
to select / to choose / to settle on
to assert / to insist that
(Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
to select
to agree on / to settle on
expressly stipulated (in writing)
specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc)
to authorize; to designate / (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
already fixed / set / established
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
to fix / to settle / to wangle
to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
Luding county (Tibetan: lcags zam rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
routing protocol
middle of the night / the dead of night
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
(literary) to quell an insurgency / (Tw) to settle (a matter)
to schedule
(pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine)
Nam Dinh, Vietnam
to be seated
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
to restrict to / to limit
HSK 7-9
to demarcate / to survey and determine

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