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HSK
to implement / to carry out
HSK 4
measure / step / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
facilities / installation
HSK 4
nothing can be done (about it)
safety measure; precaution / (coll.) (euphemism) contraception; protection
to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom) / fig. to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施 (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
infrastructure
kind and charitable
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
(Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth
military installations
nuclear facility / nuclear installation
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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)
living facilities
protective step / protective measure
public facilities; infrastructure
to put into practice / to carry out (idiom)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
production facility
using several (methods)
affirmative action
to put into effect (idiom)
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
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)


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