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First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
formylic acid (HCOOH) / formic acid / methanoic acid
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
manicure and-or pedicure
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等)
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
methane CH4
xylene
Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甲* | 甲* | *甲
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
HSK 5
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)
benzoic acid C6H5COOH
formaldehyde (HCHO)
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
top three
fingernail
armored car / CL: 輛|辆
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
nail polish
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
chitin
methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支) / the sixty-year cycle
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
armor
(idiom) to be the richest person (or family) in a region; to possess great wealth in one's locality
grade A / first-class
hepatitis A
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system
metronidazole (antibacterial agent) / Flagyl (trade name)
(Tw) bisphenol A (BPA)
alpha globulin / alpha fetoprotein (AFP)
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
type A / type I / alpha-
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
to remove armor and return to the farm / to return to civilian life
(neologism c. 2013) (coll.) vertical groove visible on either side of the belly in a person with well-toned abs
sixty years
inferior nasal conchae
forward deck (of a boat)
deck (of a boat etc)
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
beetle
softshell turtle
vehicle armor
flight deck
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
fingernail
HSK 5
methamidophos (chemistry)
armor
toluene C6H5CH3 / methylbenzene
dichloromethane
crustacean
type A influenza / abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感 / refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009
cresol (chemistry)
to don armor
armor
manicure
nail clipper
Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
beetle
armor / body armor and helmet
(idiom) 60 years old
sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)
ironclad / an armor-plated battleship
oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
(place name)
parathyroid (Tw)
methamphetamine
methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
tortoise shell
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect)
to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
methamphetamine
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
polyformaldehyde (CH2O)n
60 years (of age) / see 花蛤
to be pregnant (idiom)
first rate / top class / excellent
turtle shell
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
turbinate / nasal concha
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
hepatitis A
armor piercing shell
benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde
armor / bulletproof vest
ordinary person A; generic person; some random person
benzoil peroxide

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