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HSK
polar climate
to wear (as accessories) / carry at the waist
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section)
ribbon
tropical storm
seismic zone / earthquake belt
broadband
energetic; exciting; of interest
region; area
HSK 5
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band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
transmission belt
tie / link / bond
HSK 7-9
to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
HSK 3
take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone
leader
HSK 7-9
backstrap (of a shoe)
lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom) / fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce
HSK 2
supplementary / incidentally / in parentheses / by chance / in passing / additionally / secondary / subsidiary / to attach
HSK 7-9
suspenders / garters / shoulder strap / brace / sling
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
ligament
to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam
to give to / to provide to / to bring to / to take to
both principal and interest / capital plus profit
(coll.) to smuggle
subtropical (zone or climate)
rewind (media player)
bandwidth
shared bandwidth
official class / intellectual class (idiom)
(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
speed bump
by the way
(anatomy) frenulum
to lead troops
to guide / to lead
HSK 3
to take along
necktie / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
with a sad air / looking melancholy / with a worried look
to lead the way; to guide; to show the way / (fig.) to instruct
HSK 7-9
audio tape / CL: 盤|盘,
velcro (Tw)
(separated only by) a narrow strip of water
vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack
(bird species of China) Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)
seat belt / safety belt
to take along with one
(neologism) (slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging in a way that excites or resonates deeply; electrifying; intense; pulse-pounding
to look after a baby; to take care of a young child
adhesive tape / magnetic tape
HSK 5
watchband; watch strap
watchband; watch strap
to give sth only cursory attention / to treat sth as not very significant
cable tie
dragged down by having a family to feed
to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
HSK 5
to have a tone mark
master tape
kelp
to bring one's own / BYO / (of software) preinstalled
streamer / pennant
(old) (idiom) muddled; indecisive; plodding
garter
waistband
zone / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
thorny / (fig.) barbed; sarcastic
subtropical (zone or climate)
to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease
belt / CL: 條|条,
belt conveyor
traction / towing / pulling
to have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
to pass on experience (to the next generation)
the tropics / tropical
HSK 7-9
the tropics
ribbon
strap / leather belt / CL: 條|条,
HSK 7-9
paid leave
(Tw) videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
(neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
leukorrhea
caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt
in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed
fault zone (geology)
(loanword) bandage
HSK 7-9
orogenic belt (geology)
to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
audio tape
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
seismic zone / earthquake belt
to take along with one
to close the door (when going through it)
ribbonfish / hairtail / beltfish / cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)
marsh / swamp / everglade
temperate zone

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