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HSK
to conquer / to subdue / to vanquish
HSK 4
to solicit / to seek / to request (opinions, feedback etc) / to petition
HSK 4
characteristic / diagnostic property / distinctive feature / trait
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *征* | 征* | *征
journey / trip / expedition / to go on long campaign / to attack
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徵* | 徵* | *徵
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
symptom (of a disease)
the Norman conquest of England (1066)
traveler's clothing / by extension, traveler
to hurry forward on an expedition / to drive fast
emblem / symbol / token / badge / to symbolize / to signify / to stand for
HSK 5
to requisition land
to levy (a tax) / to expropriate
HSK 7-9
traveler (on a long journey) / participant in an expedition / garrison soldier / new recruit
campaign; expedition
to go on or send a punitive expedition
tax threshold
to collect / to recruit
HSK 7-9
to obtain (permission etc)
to invite job applications / to recruit
the Crusades
punitive expedition to the south
conqueror
long journey / trek / course of an expedition
the Crusades / crusaders' eastern expedition
journey / expedition / voyage
a punitive expedition / a requisition
eigenvector (math.) / also written 特徵向量|特征向量
punitive expedition to the west
to recruit
to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
to press into service / to impress / to commandeer
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to go into battle / to campaign (military)
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
sign; indication; symptom
to examine the reliability / reliable / credit reporting
to conscript
levies in kind / grain tax
the dust of a long journey
eigenvalue (math.) / also written 特徵值|特征值
to levy (a tax)
narrative of long journey / campaign record
to extort taxes excessively
horse capable of long expedition / army horse
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
an elaborate string of references / many quotations
symbol; indicator; representation
characteristic binding
to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement
to go on a personal punitive expedition
(medical) sign / physical sign
to levy taxes
the emperor leads his troops into battle (idiom) / to take part personally in an expedition
(archaic) birds and animals
expedition ship
(Tw) private investigator; credit bureau
symptom
to go on a punitive expedition
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
to suspend taxes momentarily / to postpone military draft
symbolism
to levy troops / recruitment
an expedition, esp. military / march to remote regions
to solicit contributions (to a publication)
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
sign / symptom
soldier (in battle)
garrison
to expropriate / to commandeer
omen / sign (that sth is about to happen) / warning sign
to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
expeditionary force / army on a distant expedition
night journey / punitive expedition by night
to extort taxes
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
traveler's clothing / military uniform
to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
to win without a fight (idiom)
without proof one can't believe it (idiom)
to take to the field oneself (of emperor) / to take part in person in an expedition
Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
syndrome
customs levy / customs post charging import duties
Taipei Revenue Service (tax office)
to look for a partner
to consult; to solicit the opinion of
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
pennant used on expedition / war pennant
vital signs
autumn levy (tax on harvest)
to send or go on a punitive expedition
Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
eigenvalue (math.)
horses and wagons for an expedition / vehicles and horses used in battle

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