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HSK
passport / CL: , 個|个
HSK 2
photograph / picture / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after
HSK 2
to take a photograph
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *照* | 照* | *照
according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
HSK 3
according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *照* | 照* | *照
variant of / to shine / to illuminate
HSK 3
to take a picture
HSK 4
driver's license (abbr. for 駕駛執照|驾驶执照)
HSK 5
according to; in light of
HSK 5
as before / (same) as usual / in the same manner / still / nevertheless
HSK 6
to shine / to illuminate
HSK 6
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
portrayal
HSK 7-9
license; permit
HSK 7-9
(business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
to tend / to take care of sb
HSK 7-9
to consult a reference / to refer to (another document)
HSK 7-9
as a rule / as usual / usually
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
as usual
HSK 7-9
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
in accordance with / to follow (the rules)
HSK 7-9
nude picture (from 裸照)
glow of the setting sun
photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
license; permit / ID photo; passport photo
care / treatment (e.g. nursing care) / to look after
to shine on / to light up / to irradiate
to illuminate / to light up / lighting
sunshine
recent photo
to copy / to imitate
searchlight
(photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot; cached copy
illumination
to shine upon / to reflect
group photo / to take a group photo
nude photograph
to meet face-to-face
spy shot; leaked photo of a yet-to-be-released product
(of sunlight) to bathe all things; to shine gloriously
nude picture
according to / in the light of / contrast
to correlate with / to correspond to
to look after / to take care of / to attend to
as before / as in the past
irradiation
to have a tacit understanding
to imitate
to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
reflection
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to copy word for word
according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to
to look after / to provide for
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
normally / ordinarily speaking
a wooden word-by-word reading
picture of the deceased
to look after / to attend to / to have in care
according to the regulations
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
to have a tacit understanding
to publish unaltered
to shine / to illuminate
directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward
variant of 照相
vehicle license
glare / dazzling
certificate / license
phototypesetting / photocomposition
(Tw) (social welfare) long-term care (abbr. for 長期照顧|长期照顾)
camera / CL: , ,
(idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight
control group
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
(Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
(Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片) / photoshopped picture
identification photo
to look in the mirror
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
driver's license
please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting)
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
(vehicle) headlight
Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰
frame of reference / coordinate frame (math.)
reflectivity / albedo
to do as instructed / to comply
teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)
Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
average annual sunshine
according to agreement / as arranged / as stipulated
seeing that

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