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  *局* | 局* | *局
narrow
HSK 4
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  *局* | 局* | *局
office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc
HSK 4
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  *局* | 局* | *局
cramped; narrow
HSK 4
post office / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
overall situation
HSK 7-9
structure / pattern / layout
HSK 7-9
to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
HSK 7-9
conclusion / ending
HSK 7-9
situation / state (of affairs)
HSK 7-9
overall situation / the big picture
HSK 7-9
arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon)
HSK 7-9
part / local
HSK 7-9
variant of 局限
HSK 7-9
impasse / deadlock
HSK 7-9
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
HSK 7-9
(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
HSK 7-9
public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
HSK 7-9
head office / general office / central office
branch office; sub-bureau
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
cramped / ill at ease
foregone conclusion / to be settled conclusively
opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
a draw (in competition) / a tie
authorities
political situation
a swindle / a trap / a racket / a scam / CL: 場|场
(old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport
dilemma / predicament / difficult situation
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
state of play in a game of chess / (old) chessboard
bookstore / publishing house
police station
lost game / losing battle
(administrative) bureau-level
gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc
current political situation
to upset the apple cart / to disrupt things
hopeless situation / deadlock
middle game (in go or chess)
perilous situation
local anesthesia (abbr. for 局部麻醉)
dinner party / banquet
endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game
variant of 侷促|局促
variant of 侷促|局促
draw / tied game
outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局)
end / conclusion / solution
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
ill at ease / uncomfortable
endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure)
war situation
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (abbr. for 國家外匯管理局|国家外汇管理局)
game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint
to curl up / to coil
the world situation; the state of the world
(municipal) water authority
pharmacy / dispensary
to collapse (of plan, talks etc)
to set a trap
politburo
(China) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
to enter the game; to get involved / to walk into a scam
participant / protagonist / a player (in this affair)
limitations / (medicine) localized
neutralism
to be savvy
local / locally
local area network (LAN)
immigration office
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
Ponzi scheme
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection
see 三振
global
Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)
Exit and Entry Administration Bureau (PRC)
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
(medicine) focal
to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces
Criminal Investigation Bureau
local anesthetic
post office
earthquake bureau
local
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
patent office
health office / bureau of hygiene
vulnerable (in bridge)
PRC Maritime Safety Agency

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