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HSK
to observe; to watch; to survey
HSK 3
police; police officer
HSK 3
to inspect / to observe and study / on-the-spot investigation
HSK 4
to investigate a crime / to scout / to reconnoiter / reconnaissance / detection / a scout
HSK 7-9
to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate
HSK 7-9
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
a scout / spy
to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect
HSK 7-9
to inspect / an investigation
HSK 7-9
traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance
to reconnoiter / to explore / to survey
traffic police
investigation team / scientific expedition
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
civil police / PRC police
public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
to watch / to look carefully at
HSK 7-9
observation by naked eye
detective / investigator / scout / spy
Criminal Investigation Bureau
police station / police department / police headquarters
to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police
surveillance aircraft / spy plane
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
to investigate / to examine closely
to supervise / to control
HSK 7-9
to see everything clearly
riot police / riot squad
insight
National Police Agency (Japan)
investigatory
observer
survey ship
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
inspection office / supervisory office
criminal police / member of the criminal police
Srebrenica, town in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
Shanxi 山西, Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔 and Hebei 河北 (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)
observer
to see clearly
plain-clothed policeman
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short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔
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  *察* | 察* | *察
to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident
Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
border police
keenly observant of trivial details
sentry post
on-site inspection
Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
censorship brigade (PRC)
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
to observe carefully
Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
clean / spotless
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
police station
Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)
to note clearly / to perceive
(saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
secret police
inspection team
to sense / to perceive / to come to realize / to be aware
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
supervisory group
to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting)
observer
to examine
Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source
to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection)
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
to investigate and accept
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
(Tw) Prosecutor-General
observer (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
Constanta (city in Romania)
credit watch
Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
Ministry of Supervision (MOS)
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
to experience / to observe
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
Ulanqab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
radiation detection
to supervise / to superintend / inspector / censorship
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
(Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan
Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Podgorica, capital of Montenegro

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