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HSK
clothes / CL: ,
HSK 1
comfortable / feeling well
HSK 2
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
to conquer / to subdue / to vanquish
HSK 4
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
down-filled garment
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:
HSK 7-9
ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
HSK 7-9
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
to admire
HSK 7-9
to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over
HSK 7-9
coercion will never convince (idiom)
to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
convincing
servo (small electric motor) / computer server
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
the Norman conquest of England (1066)
(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform
docile / obedient
(gaming) server emulator; private server (abbr. for 私人服務器|私人服务器)
to wash the medicine down
kimono
sportswear
to submit to
customer service
work clothes
school uniform
to tame / tame / docile
to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate
to have faith in / to believe in / to have confidence in / to respect
to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve
to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe
everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes
to swallow / to take (medicine)
to obey / faithfully following instructions / to admit guilt
(of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
see 法衣
to submit cheerfully / to accept willingly (idiom)
swallow-tailed coat / tails
bizarre dress
(to gasp) with admiration
to overawe / to be scared into submission
to take medicine in solution / infusion
to be completely convinced / to fully accept another person's views
costume / ceremonial dress (determining the grade of an official)
to take medicine orally (as opposed to applying externally)
camouflage clothing
clothes (baby talk)
to yield / to surrender
a suit (of clothes)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *服* | 服* | *服
classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fu2]
at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage)
bedding and clothing
to take medicine orally; oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced
Chinese tunic suit / Mao jacket / CL:
mourning garment
informal wear / home clothes (old) / women's underwear / lingerie
police uniform
to esteem / to admire
(idiom) to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over
to accept wholeheartedly / to embrace / to be won over
not acclimatized
deference / esteem / to admire
splendid attire
Western-style clothes
not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food
comfortable / with ease
undress
overcoat / down jacket / winter wear
national dress; traditional attire / (Internet gaming) domestic gaming server; (esp.) Chinese server (abbr. for 國內服務器|国内服务器)
traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty
to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over
protective clothing; hazmat suit
spacesuit
diving suit / wetsuit
costume
spacesuit
to observe mourning for one's parents
(Tw) employment service (abbr. for 就業服務|就业服务)
unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy
to shut down a server; (of a service) to terminate / to stop taking (a medicine)
to admire
mourning clothes (old)
ghillie suit (loanword)
to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
mourning clothes
evening dress
court dress in former times
sublingual administration (medicine)
team uniform
hanbok (traditional Korean clothing)


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