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HSK
teaching material / CL:
HSK 3
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
subject matter
HSK 5
coffin / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
equipment / material
HSK 7-9
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
wood
HSK 7-9
building materials
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *材* | 材* | *材
material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
bar / rod
substrate
extruded profile
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap
pith / central core (of tree)
(of a person) short in stature
idiot
to collect material
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
(food) ingredient
variant of 人才
capability / capable person
talent
worthless / good-for-nothing
outstandingly talented person
(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
principal or main material (engineering)
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
medium (art) (Tw)
great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
log
coffin
plywood
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
person of limited capacity
consumables / to consume raw materials
steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc


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