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HSK
teaching material / CL:
HSK 3
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
subject matter
HSK 5
equipment / material
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
building materials
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *材* | 材* | *材
material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
talent
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)
coffin
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
worthless / good-for-nothing
(food) ingredient
pith / central core (of tree)
(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
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
(of a person) short in stature
person of limited capacity
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
substrate
bar / rod
principal or main material (engineering)
extruded profile
steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
to collect material
log
plywood
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
capability / capable person
idiot
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability


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