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HSK
occasionally / once in a while / sometimes
HSK 5
Basel, Switzerland
Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年
Overijssel
(loanword) emir; amir
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爾* | 爾* | *爾
thus / so / like that / you / thou
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born British composer
(idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married
dinar (currency) (loanword)
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
Istanbul, Turkey
to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally
Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress
the Seychelles
Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
Darfur, region of western Sudan
cartel (loanword)
Chandighar, capital of Punjab state of northwest India
Nadal (name) / Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player
not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary
Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang
Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher
Qatar
Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
Zanzibar
Emanuel; Immanuel (name)
Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
Pantanal (wetland area in Brazil)
Goncourt (name)
Paul (name)
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
Dover
O'Connell (name) / Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), Irish nationalist and catholic activist
Nasr or Nasser (Arab name) / Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President
Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
Bell (person name)
Dakar, capital of Senegal
Senegal
Patil (name) / Pratibha Patil (1934-), female Indian Congress Party politician, president of India 2007-2012
Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005
Sol (goddess)
Krasnodar (city in Russia)
Claire (name)
Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
Saussure (name)
Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player
Borr (Norse deity)
Karl (name)
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq)
Kashmir
Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name) / Harbel (town in Liberia)
Raphael
Lillehammer (city in Norway)
Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦
Hamar (town in Norway)
Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang
Tamar (name)
Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
Lyell (name) / Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish geologist
Adderall (stimulant drug)
Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate
Kohl (name) / Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
Newcastle (place name)
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India
Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
Svolvær (city in Nordland, Norway)
King Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
Bill (name)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城)
the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
Powell (name)
Nepal
Mesmer (name) / Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian doctor who introduced hypnosis
Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
Pierre, capital of South Dakota
Omar (Arabic name)
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), French Neoclassical painter
Pakistan administered Kashmir
Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
Sennheiser (brand)
Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
Dole (name) / Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996
State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament
Robespierre (name) / Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794
D'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher
(name) Gujral / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997–1998
Daniel (name)

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