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


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