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HSK
strategic defense initiative (SDI)
abridged version
war of aggression
strategic nuclear weapon
strategic
to neglect; to overlook; to ignore
HSK 6
to invade / invasion
HSK 7-9
to contract / to abbreviate / abbreviation
stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness
biographical sketch
strategy; tactics / crafty; adroit
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *略* | 略* | *略
brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)
HSK 7-9
abbreviated word / acronym
strategic point
(punctuation) ellipsis
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
invading army
strategic nuclear force
strategic bomber
a strategist
aggressors; invaders
geostrategic
to have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
strategic partner
slightly
long-term strategy
ability and sagacity
slightly better / a cut above
two-pronged strategy
to have a taste of / to realize / to appreciate
HSK 7-9
Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
thumbnail (computing)
sketch; sketch map; thumbnail picture
strategy
HSK 6
military strategy
a broad outline / the general idea / roughly
Ontario province, Canada
Julian day (astronomy)
abbreviated character / simplified character
approximate estimate / to reckon roughly
slightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
simple / brief
concise / the details in brief
courage and resource
Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003
a well-thought out long-term strategy
roughly / outline / summary
to be abbreviated to / (followed by a verb) slightly
to disregard (sth seen as negligible) / to neglect (sth seen as insignificant)
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
abbreviated character
brave and cunning
(literary) outline; general idea; rough sketch
"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
biographical sketch
(literary) to storm and capture / strategy; directions; guide; how-to
to omit / to delete / to leave out / to neglect / to skip over
abbreviation
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only and 無|无
astute; resourceful
abbreviation
to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike.
to read cursorily / to skim through
Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
unrestrained / throwing off strictures / unrespectful / indulgence
to omit (less important details etc)
to leave out / an omission
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy
Lüeyang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance / forewarned is forearmed
great skill and strategy
to pass over / to skip
Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
code
Lüeyang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
(name) Elliott; Eliot
some cases picked out as example / to highlight
apostrophe
approximate / rough
approximately / roughly / about
military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬 and Three Strategies 三略
negligence / to neglect inadvertently
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
a little bit; slightly
HSK 7-9
abbreviation
rough (not precise or accurate) / cursory
HSK 7-9
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
a brief explanation / to summarize
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *略* | 略* | *略
variant of
HSK 7-9
variant of 掠奪|掠夺


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