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HSK
price / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
strict / stringent / tight / rigorous
HSK 4
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)
HSK 3
form; table / CL: 張|张,
HSK 3
qualifications / seniority
HSK 3
personality / integrity / dignity
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
style
HSK 4
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 / also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
case change (in grammar)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
used in 格登 / used in 格格
(typesetting) to indent
British style (fashion)
not stick to one pattern
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
to fail / to flunk
3-by-3 grid
able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable
one's character / fret (on fingerboard of lute or guitar)
to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale
nominative case (grammar)
to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician
Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
Quaker (company)
to be entitled / to qualify / to be qualified
(spreadsheet) cell
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977
checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
promotion / upgrade
to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
to break the rule / to make an exception
having a unique or distinctive style
Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
figure of speech
princess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)
see 眼界
standard / norm
fixed price / constant price
figure of speech
Lafargue (name) / Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx
blog (loanword) (Tw)
(slang) pretentious style
(name) Borg / Bjorn Borg (1956–), Swedish tennis star
(of battery level, signal level etc) at full capacity; at maximum strength
instrumental case (grammar)
trochaic
dative case
possessive case (grammar)
(computing) spreadsheet
(typesetting) to not indent / to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
standard / norm / specification
HSK 7-9
gulag (loanword)
genitive case (in grammar)
Connecticut, US state
Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
blank / blank space on a form / space / (indicating missing or illegible character)
(name) Singh
accusative case (grammar)
crystal lattice (the regular 3-dimensional pattern formed by atoms in a crystal)
(loanword) yogurt
bodily health / one's physical state / physique
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist
(math.) genus
grid / lattice / raster
Prague, capital of Czech Republic
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
erg (physics) (loanword)
true / real
MiG / Russian Aircraft Corporation / Mikoyan
ambiversion / ambiverted
Varyag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 遼寧號|辽宁号
Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French geometer
Godhead
knighthood
Blumberg or Bloomberg (name)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
grid / mesh / lattice
despicable
parking bay
vocative case (grammar)
(slang) high-end / classy
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
style / character
Ludwig (name) / Ludovic (name)
veteran
objective
Logue or Rogge (name) / Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
Issac (name)
Kongsvinger (city in Hedemark, Norway)
Tønsberg (city in Vestfold, Norway)
locative case

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