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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *局* | 局* | *局
office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc
HSK 4
post office / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *侷* | 侷* | *侷
narrow
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跼* | 跼* | *跼
cramped; narrow
HSK 4
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
aspect / phase / situation
HSK 5
structure / pattern / layout
HSK 7-9
overall situation / the big picture
HSK 7-9
overall situation
HSK 7-9
conclusion / ending
HSK 7-9
arrangement / composition / layout / opening (chess jargon)
HSK 7-9
situation / state (of affairs)
HSK 7-9
public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
HSK 7-9
part / local
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
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
HSK 7-9
to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
HSK 7-9
variant of 局限
HSK 7-9
impasse / deadlock
HSK 7-9
Exit and Entry Administration Bureau (PRC)
police station / police department / police headquarters
City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau (PRC)
police station
pharmacy / dispensary
branch office; sub-bureau
Tax Bureau / Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
port authority
(Tw) National Taxation Bureau, local branch of the Ministry of Finance 財政部|财政部
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
authorities
variant of 侷促|局促
police department / police station / abbr. of 警察局
bookstore / publishing house
mining affairs bureau
environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
a swindle / a trap / a racket / a scam / CL: 場|场
endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game
health office / bureau of hygiene
politburo
Criminal Investigation Bureau
endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure)
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
to upset the apple cart / to disrupt things
opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
cramped / ill at ease
chaotic situation; turmoil; upheaval
to set a trap
National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA)
post office
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA
lost game / losing battle
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
immigration office
Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)
telegraph office
(old) escort agency that provides protection of goods and valuables during transport
limitations / (medicine) localized
the world situation; the state of the world
foregone conclusion / to be settled conclusively
draw / tied game
game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint
gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局)
central office / telecommunications office
current political situation
perilous situation
middle game (in go or chess)
a draw (in competition) / a tie
end / conclusion / solution
outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
ill at ease / uncomfortable
to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
weather bureau / meteorological office
variant of 侷促|局促
local / locally
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
dilemma / predicament / difficult situation
Ponzi scheme
to enter the game; to get involved / to walk into a scam
fire department
space agency
to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces
local anesthesia (abbr. for 局部麻醉)
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
Bureau of Civil Affairs
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
hopeless situation / deadlock
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (abbr. for 國家外匯管理局|国家外汇管理局)
political situation
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
to be savvy
(China) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
local
not confined
alternate ending / multiple endings
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)

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