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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
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance
to examine
surname Kostunica / Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008
to reconnoiter / to explore / to survey
to supervise / to control
HSK 7-9
to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate
HSK 7-9
traffic police
to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect
HSK 7-9
civil police / PRC police
to watch / to look carefully at
HSK 7-9
Criminal Investigation Bureau
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
police station / police department / police headquarters
detective / investigator / scout / spy
to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
observer
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
observer (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
to see everything clearly
to inspect / an investigation
HSK 7-9
riot police / riot squad
public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
insight
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
(Tw) Prosecutor-General
to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting)
survey ship
criminal police / member of the criminal police
investigation team / scientific expedition
Srebrenica, town in Bosnia-Herzegovina
to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source
investigatory
observer
to see clearly
inspection office / supervisory office
a scout / spy
plain-clothed policeman
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
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short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔
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to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident
sentry post
to experience / to observe
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
credit watch
Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
observation by naked eye
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
keenly observant of trivial details
observer
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
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
to investigate and accept
to interrogate / to examine
supervisory group
police station
Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)
to note clearly / to perceive
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
border police
supervisor / monitor / watchdog
secret police
National Police Agency (Japan)
radiation detection
Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)
to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection)
Ulanqab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
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
power of observation / perception
Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces
Constanta (city in Romania)
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
to investigate / to examine closely
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
to supervise / to superintend / inspector / censorship
(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)
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
(saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police
to observe carefully
inspection team
censorship brigade (PRC)
(Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption
surveillance aircraft / spy plane
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
Podgorica, capital of Montenegro
on-site inspection

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