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HSK
facilities / installation
HSK 4
to implement / to carry out
HSK 4
measure / step / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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  *施* | 施* | *施
surname Shi
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  *施* | 施* | *施
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
kind and charitable
using several (methods)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
to adopt measures / to take steps
public facilities; infrastructure
safety measure; precaution / (coll.) (euphemism) contraception; protection
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
living facilities
(Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth
to put into practice / to carry out (idiom)
emergency measure
military installations
nuclear facility / nuclear installation
production facility
infrastructure
Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子(c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
protective step / protective measure
affirmative action
to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
digital navigation equipment
effective action
no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless
evacuation / measures to evacuate a building in an emergency
to put into effect (idiom)
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove


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