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HSK
to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *属* | 属* | *属
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute
HSK 3
family member / (family) dependent
HSK 3
kin / kindred / relatives
HSK 6
subsidiary / auxiliary / attached / affiliated / subordinate / subordinating
HSK 7-9
metal / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further)
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
HSK 7-9
attribute / property
HSK 7-9
genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)
sense of belonging
troops attached to a unit
subordination / line of command
metal cover
to belong or be dedicated exclusively to; proprietary; private; personal
official in feudal court / subject
French Polynesia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *属* | 属* | *属
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on
directly subordinate
vassal state
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭)
French Guiana
dependency / possession / annexed territory
genus Tyrannosaurus
to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary
to turn out to be true / verified / true
metal plate
precious metal
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
(to) really (be)
subordinate
troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry
metalloid (chemistry)
surviving family of the deceased
family or dependents of martyr (in PRC, esp. revolutionary martyr)
to be purely / pure and simple / sheer / outright
accessory / affiliated material / adjunct
to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on
(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute)
thesaurus
to have a hierarchical (possessive or supervisory) relationship
classification
genitive case (in grammar)
dependence
love will find a way (idiom)
(old) subordinate; underling
dominant (music)
transition metal (chemistry)
American Samoa
heavy metal
it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
British Virgin Islands
really not easy (idiom)
affiliated unit / subsidiary
Sint Maarten, island country in the Caribbean
spiritual
alkali metal
metallic bond
of this world
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
metal wire
exclusive economic zone
belonging exclusively to / exclusively for / reserved to / special
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
Netherlands Antilles
foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
wholly owned subsidiary
Anthemis, genus of flowers in Compositae including chamomile
Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs
rare earth element
pepper genus (Piper spp.)
genus Allium
Mustela (genus of weasels etc)
subsidiary (company)
Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科
Pyrus, tree genus containing pears
right of attribution
genus Hippophae / sea-buckthorns
Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)
next of kin / immediate dependant
heather
United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
(botany) genus Ruta
Gampsocleis genus (grasshoppers and crickets)
to treat a debility according to its nature
Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
nonmetal (chemistry)
symphonic metal (pop music) / heavy metal with symphonic pretensions
Klebsiella
(law) junior relatives; relatives of a younger generation such as children, grandchildren or nephews
Styrax (tree genus) / snowdrop / benzoin
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
(law) elder relatives; relatives of a senior generation such as parents, uncles or grandparents
vassal state
to write prose

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