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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
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 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
to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
HSK 3
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify
HSK 4
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
firm / steady / staunch / resolute
HSK 5
to draw up / to draft / to formulate
HSK 7-9
to establish / to fix / to settle
HSK 7-9
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem
expressly stipulated (in writing)
to be screwed; to be toast
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
to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
HSK 7-9
to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
HSK 7-9
(idiom) it's a deal / that's settled then
to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
to foreordain / to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
HSK 7-9
stable; calm; settled / to stabilize / Valium; diazepam
HSK 7-9
constant
definition / to delimit
HSK 7-9
agreement / accord / to reach an agreement
HSK 7-9
to await a decision / to be pending
to determine (by measuring or surveying)
HSK 6
to exchange vows with (sb) / to exchange vows at (a time or place)
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
statutory; law-based; legal
(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down
calm and collected / unperturbed
to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver
ruling
HSK 7-9
to schedule in advance
HSK 7-9
unalterable / certainly / definitely
to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise
to be predestined
to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
HSK 7-9
calm / unperturbed / cool
HSK 7-9
certain / confident (of some outcome) / calm and unhurried
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
to assess / to estimate the value
presumption of innocence (law)
to select / to choose / to settle on
Internet protocol / IP
trade agreement
titration
to have just recovered from a shock
to demarcate / to delimit
to infer; to consider and come to a judgment / to elect
(loanword) binding; to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
to reach an agreement / to agree upon
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
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
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 assert / to insist that
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
(Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
indecisive / wavering
decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated
to evaluate / to make one's judgment
HSK 7-9
clonidine (drug) (loanword)
already fixed / set / established
to fix / to settle / to wangle
specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc)
to come to a conclusion about sth after examining it / to assay
caps lock
hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve
HSK 7-9
middle of the night / the dead of night
(literary) to quell an insurgency / (Tw) to settle (a matter)
to schedule
transmission control protocol / TCP
Nam Dinh, Vietnam
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
to be seated
to agree on / to settle on
to make a definitive judgment / to come to a firm conclusion
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
a test / determination / to check up on / to examine / to assay
bioassay
to restrict to / to limit
HSK 7-9
GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
DNA test; DNA testing
to demarcate / to survey and determine
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰 / also written 斯文·赫定
temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative

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