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HSK
compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
keyboard
HSK 5
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  *盘* | 盘* | *盘
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
HSK 4
C drive or default startup drive (computing)
USB flash drive; thumb drive
hard disk
HSK 7-9
(after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves / (stock market) to resume trading
domain / territory under one's control / foundation of a building / base of operations / crust of earth
meter dial / watch face
to arrange food on a plate / to plate up / food presentation / (watchmaking) balance wheel
dashboard / indicator panel
sampler platter / appetizer platter
suction pad / sucker
steering wheel
HSK 7-9
portable hard drive; external hard drive
abrasive disk / sanding disk
(computing) solid-state drive (SSD)
to suspend trading (stock market)
tray / salver / pallet
online storage space / cloud file storage
placenta
to compute on the abacus / (fig.) to calculate / to plan / to scheme
across the board / comprehensive / overall / global
(finance) (of a fund manager, high-wealth individual etc) to make large trades (in stocks, futures etc) / (fashion, movies etc) (of an industry heavyweight) to make a play in the market
frisbee
middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商) distributor / wholesaler / middleman
overall / comprehensive
(of a stock price or market index) currently lower than at the previous day's close
lower millstone / tray of a mill
USB flash drive
base / foundation / (Tw) (geology) bedrock
Russian roulette
fruit plate; fruit platter
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
(of a person) objectionable / (of two people) to find each other disagreeable
turntable / rotary (traffic)
compass
dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
cloud storage service
oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
USB flash drive; thumb drive
counting one's chickens before they are hatched
gramophone / record player
a plateful / comprehensive / the full works (e.g. a banquet) / the full price
turntable / gramophone record
building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
intervertebral disk
(finance) to crash / to collapse / crash
(of a dog) to hold a frisbee in its mouth / (fig.) derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进 for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"
the tray or pan of a steelyard balance
mixed fruit salad
to commence trading (stock market)
(computer) disk
HSK 7-9
market close
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
(political party's) voter base / (musician's) fan base / (a business's) customer base / the funds necessary for a venture / foundation on which sth's existence depends / bedrock (in the figurative sense)
to sell up / to wind up a business
hand guard (e.g. on saber)
steering wheel
revolving tray on a dining table / lazy Susan
abacus / CL: / plan / scheme
HSK 7-9
chessboard
live betting / in-play wagering
(of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close
to make a comeback / (of a doctor's assessment of the gender of a fetus) to turn out to be wrong
chassis
optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
floppy disk
optic disc (anatomy) / video compact disc (VCD)
compass
natal chart (astrology)
baking tray
twisting and turning
hard drive / hard disk
roulette / wheel
USB flash drive; thumb drive
chuck (for a drill etc)
chuck (for a drill etc)
clockface
disk
soup plate
derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进 for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"
pelvis (Tw)
cold plate / cold meats
pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money); (esp.) romance scam
(astronomy) astrolabe / (astrology) horoscope / astrological chart
intervertebral disk
to buy a struggling business and keep it going; to take over a business
telephone dial
a hand basin
pallet
palette
inquiry
(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative
(bicycle) crankset
(electronics) pad; land (a connection on a circuit board)
capstan
(of a store) to open for business for the first time in the New Year / (of a business) to be profitable / (of a stock market) to rise / (sport) to win one's first match of a competition
pachinko
galactic disc

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