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HSK
teaching material / CL:
HSK 3
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
HSK 4
subject matter
HSK 5
equipment / material
HSK 7-9
raw and semifinished materials
HSK 7-9
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
wood
HSK 7-9
coffin / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of)
building materials
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material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
volume (of timber)
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
composite material
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
medium (art) (Tw)
coffin
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
to collect material
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
(idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
student of great ability
worthless / good-for-nothing
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
(food) ingredient
pith / central core (of tree)
(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
idiot
outstandingly talented person
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber
using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut
(of a person) short in stature
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
variant of 人才
good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap
consumables / to consume raw materials
person of limited capacity
substrate
bar / rod
principal or main material (engineering)
extruded profile
steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
materials science
bio-materials
materials science
insulation
talent
reference material / source documents
negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
fissionable material
log
plywood
capability / capable person
radioactive material
abrasive / grinding material
fissionable material
evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability


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