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sign / trademark / brand
HSK 3
bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:
HSK 6
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signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块) / brand; trademark (CL:個|个) / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌 and 曲牌)
HSK 4
gold medal / CL:
HSK 3
silver medal / CL:
HSK 3
erhua form of 名牌
HSK 4
brand name / trademark
HSK 6
Shell (oil company)
mahjong tile
(of a company) to establish a brand name
to unveil the plaque for (a school, shop, stadium etc); to inaugurate; to officially open
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
number plate / car license plate / CL: 條|条, 塊|块,
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
food stall; open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档)
flagship brand
vehicle license plate
HSK 6
license plate / number plate
brand (of a product)
notice / placard / signboard
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
(business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate
HSK 7-9
Wrigley (chewing gum company)
street sign; road sign; street nameplate
famous brand / nameplate / name tag
(mahjong) to complete a hand
playing card
to play cards / to play mahjong
medal (awarded as a prize)
HSK 7-9
umbrella brand (marketing)
strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
trump (suit of cards)
good little boy (or girl)
to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure
(archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token
hangtag; swing tag / hanging sign
Vespa (scooter)
5-7 pm
medal table / tally of trophies / list of prizewinners
red card (sports)
(card games) trump card / (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
HSK 7-9
dominoes
fake goods / imitation / forgery
Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling)
to fold (poker)
gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc
placard
vehicle registration plate / license plate
set of cards (e.g. hand, suit, deck or meld etc)
dog tag
(of a product) unbranded
badge; name tag; ID card (worn on the chest)
inferior brand; little-known brand
list price
(mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand / (sports) to be on the verge of winning
tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门 during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority)
dominoes
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
fake / impostor / quack (doctor) / imitation brand
calendar (esp. illustrated)
trademark
Uno (card game)
cards in one's hand / (fig.) undisclosed strength or information / hidden trump
label / sticker
decorated archway
boarding pass
domino effect / ripple effect
Joker (playing card)
shield / (fig.) excuse
flag or banner
label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
mahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table
to show one's hand / to lay one's cards on the table
lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market)
to bid (bridge and similar card games)
to deal (cards)
sub-brand
token ring
playing card
bus stop sign; train station sign
shield / pretext / excuse
to cobrand
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too
contract bridge (card game)
signature move
to delist (a traded security) / (sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club
memorial arch
door plate / house number
Shuangpai, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
private brand
high card (poker)
board (attached to a wall)
poker (card game) / playing card / CL:
officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
billboard
miscellaneous troops; irregular troops; troops of varied allegiances / uncertified staff

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