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HSK
to disappear; to fade away
HSK 3
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
HSK 3
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
(piece of) news; information / message / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
HSK 4
to disinfect; to sterilize
HSK 5
firefighting / fire control
HSK 5
to eliminate / to remove
HSK 5
negative / passive / inactive
HSK 5
consumer
HSK 5
to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)
HSK 6
to consume; to use up / to deplete; to expend / (old) news; mail; message
HSK 6
to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation / to make sport of
HSK 7-9
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to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after or or etc) to need; to require; to take
HSK 7-9
to counteract / to cancel out / to offset
HSK 7-9
to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
HSK 7-9
digestive tract
to waste away / to become thin
to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
anti-inflammatory medicine
noise reduction equipment
consumable goods; expendable item
to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)
firefighter; fireman
fire brigade / fire department
to dissipate
to silence
fire engine / fire truck
digestive system / gastrointestinal tract
to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat
to wane / to vanish gradually
well-informed source; person with inside information
consumer goods
indigestion
to avoid calamities
to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation
to cool one's temper
fire hydrant
consumer price index CPI
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on
Consumers' Foundation, Chinese Taipei (CFCT) (abbr. for 中華民國消費者文教基金會|中华民国消费者文教基金会)
war of attrition
digestive enzyme
excessive consumption; spending beyond one's means
sound dissipation / noise reduction
to divulge secrets
in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
to hide / to retreat into privacy
to fade away
to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow
Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
disinfectant
to aid digestion
digestive glands
the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
hearsay / gossip
nighttime snack / late-night supper
consumption data / consumer goods
digestive fluid
to eliminate / to dispel / resolution
fire station
to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
(literary) to eliminate / to put an end to
to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away
silencer
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide
to melt (e.g. an icecap)
lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom / to dispel depression or melancholy / to relieve stress / a relaxing pass-time
to calm down / to stop / to pause / calmly / peaceful / restful
wear and tear / to wear away over time
to die out / to wither away
to not need / needless (to say)
condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes
variable with the times / transient / impermanent
to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time
to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve
to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)
to eliminate / to obliterate
to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation
overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
fire hydrant
variant of 夜宵
variant of 開銷|开销
to eliminate
variant of 撤銷|撤销
to erase / to wipe
(optics) extinction
calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 / slaked lime
to sterilize; to disinfect / to kill; to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
fire department
rate of consumption
web feed / news feed / syndicated feed
voucher; coupon
minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费)
consumer protection officer (Tw)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
hand sanitizer

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