| | book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊|册, 部 / to write | HSK 1 |
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| | to read a book / to study / to attend school | HSK 1 |
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| | contract / protocol | HSK 5 |
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| | written notice | HSK 4 |
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| | secretary | HSK 4 |
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| | (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL: 本 | HSK 6 |
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| | books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: 本, 冊|册, 部 | HSK 6 |
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| | credentials / certificate | HSK 5 |
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| | to read; to study / to attend school | HSK 7-9 |
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| | History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls | |
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| | written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old) | |
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| | to publish books | |
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| | letter of appointment / contract | |
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| | Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) | |
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| | REDnote (Chinese social networking platform) | |
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| | application / application form / petition (to higher authorities) | |
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| | to read / to study | |
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| | to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition | |
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| | obscene book / pornography | |
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| | best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster | |
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| | second-hand book / old book / ancient book | |
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| | same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls | |
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| | entire book; unabridged book | |
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| | physical book; printed book | |
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| | reference book | |
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| | to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook | |
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| | Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons) | |
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| | micropedia | |
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| | folk art consisting of storytelling to music | |
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| | to collect books / library collection | |
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| | document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat | |
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| | Epistle of St Paul to Philemon | |
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| | admission notice (issued by a university) | |
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| | white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book | |
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| | reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc) | |
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| | to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard | |
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| | bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document | |
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| | branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | a series of books / a collection of books | |
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| | Facebook | |
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| | History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls | |
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| | New Testament | |
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| | imperial edict | |
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| | protocol / treaty | |
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| | a book on the art of war | |
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| | Book of Jeremiah | |
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| | treasured book | |
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| | to record faithfully | |
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| | clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | to record faithfully | |
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| | to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) | |
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| | Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 | |
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| | written report | |
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| | letter of intent (LOI) (commerce) | |
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| | holy book | |
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| | to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement | |
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| | Book of Hosea | |
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| | Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) | |
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| | electronic book / e-book / e-book reader | |
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| | History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐, 114 scrolls | |
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| | same as 書經|书经 Book of History | |
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| | high official / government minister | |
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| | to write at a tremendous speed | |
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| | commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant | |
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| | medical book | |
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| | proviso / qualifying clause | |
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| | gospel | |
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| | confession | |
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| | Brahmana, ancient Hindu texts | |
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| | Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城 | |
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| | written proposal; document outlining an initiative | |
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| | Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians | |
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| | curious coincidence | |
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| | petition | |
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| | posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature | |
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| | history book | |
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| | diploma (for a degree) / degree certificate | |
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| | literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular | |
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| | lit. to gnaw a book / to study / to cram | |
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| | credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book | |
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| | to scribble rapidly | |
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| | the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经 | |
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| | to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) | |
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| | imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch | |
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| | physical book | |
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| | to write personally / personal letter | |
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| | prospectus (setting out a share offer) | |
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| | suicide note | |
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| | indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) | |
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| | Book of Habakkuk | |
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| | Book of Haggai | |
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| | love letter | |
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| | almanac | |
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| | lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies | |
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