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standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *準* | 準* | *準
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
to take aim at; to target
HSK 7-9
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
international human rights norms
not sure / maybe
to comply with a standard / standards-compliant
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
to observe and make sure / to check
to be valid; to count / authentic
technology standard
certainly
values / standards
not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
applicable anywhere (idiom)
to calibrate
evidence (that one can rely on) / grounds (for believing sth)
variant of 保准
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
accurate / exact / precise / precision
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard
double standard
unable to say / can't say precisely
nonstandard / unconventional
nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
to calculate precisely / to identify; to discern; to tell
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
industry standard
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
to aim in front of a moving target
Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代


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