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HSK
passport / CL: , 個|个
HSK 2
to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after
HSK 2
photograph / picture / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
to take a photograph
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炤* | 炤* | *炤
variant of / to shine / to illuminate
HSK 3
to take a picture
HSK 4
according to; in light of
HSK 5
driver's license (abbr. for 駕駛執照|驾驶执照)
HSK 5
to shine / to illuminate
HSK 6
as before / (same) as usual / in the same manner / still / nevertheless
HSK 6
to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
HSK 7-9
license; permit
HSK 7-9
to consult a reference / to refer to (another document)
HSK 7-9
lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate
HSK 7-9
(business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate
HSK 7-9
as usual
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
in accordance with / to follow (the rules)
HSK 7-9
to tend / to take care of sb
HSK 7-9
portrayal
HSK 7-9
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
as a rule / as usual / usually
HSK 7-9
nude picture (from 裸照)
care / treatment (e.g. nursing care) / to look after
photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
to illuminate / to light up / lighting
group photo / to take a group photo
to shine on / to light up / to irradiate
driver's license
level of illumination / (physics) illuminance
camera / CL: , ,
according to / in the light of / contrast
picture of the deceased
a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
photo studio
to shine upon / to reflect
to correlate with / to correspond to
to look after / to take care of / to attend to
directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
to look in the mirror
searchlight
as before / as in the past
(of sunlight) to bathe all things; to shine gloriously
(idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight
magic mirror for revealing goblins / fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy
lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
nude picture
normally / ordinarily speaking
irradiation
Rizhao, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
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
vehicle license
to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
flare; star shell
to shine brightly / (fig.) to perceive clearly
illumination
(Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online
sunshine
(photography) snapshot / (computing) snapshot; cached copy
to look after / to attend to / to have in care
according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to
glow of the setting sun
reflection
to have a tacit understanding
to copy word for word
certificate / license
approved for distribution / to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)
to meet face-to-face
to look after / to provide for
illuminance (physics)
to accept without question / to take sth at face value
to shine / to illuminate
to imitate
a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
to pay as charged
a wooden word-by-word reading
to copy / to imitate
to have a tacit understanding
glare / dazzling
according to the regulations
variant of 照相機|照相机 / camera
phototypesetting / photocomposition
(Tw) (social welfare) long-term care (abbr. for 長期照顧|长期照顾)
final radiance of setting sun / fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
to take an X-ray
variant of 照相
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
nude photograph
recent photo
(Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片) / photoshopped picture
Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
rearview mirror (Tw)
identification photo
license; permit / ID photo; passport photo
to do as instructed / to comply

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