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science / scientific knowledge / scientific / rational / CL: 門|门, 個|个, 種|种
HSK 2
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  *科* | 科* | *科
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
science and technology
HSK 3
undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
HSK 4
internal medicine; general medicine
HSK 4
subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline
HSK 5
(scientific) research
HSK 6
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
pediatrics
HSK 6
high tech; high technology
HSK 6
liberal arts / humanities
HSK 7-9
engineering as an academic subject
HSK 7-9
academic subject / field of study
HSK 7-9
popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及|科学普及) / (attributive) popular science / (coll.) to explain in layperson's terms
HSK 7-9
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科)
HSK 7-9
science fiction / abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想
HSK 7-9
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
encyclopedia / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
(department of) ophthalmology
Vanke, large Chinese real estate company, founded in 1984
medicine (as a science) / medical science
department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
universal / encyclopedic / abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书
Helmut Kohl (1930-), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
dentistry
specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school
imperial examination
(administrative) section-level
preliminary round of imperial examinations / abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察, scientific exploration
abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
science education / popular science
Kosovo
Acapulco, city in Mexico
social science (abbr.)
Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer / Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市, Inner Mongolia
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
gynecology
Moscow, capital of Russia
Kuwait
(loanword) disco
section chief / CL: 個|个
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012
Kohl (name) / Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Cohen (name)
maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics
Krakow
Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany)
criminal record / previous convictions
Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower
pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
preparatory course (in college)
(education) non-core subject
Anna Sergeevna Kournikova (1981-), Russian tennis star and glamor model
(old) school for Chinese opera / formal professional education or training
Colorado
Córdoba, Spain
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
required courses in the major subject
Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukachenko, president of Belarus from 1994
Corona (beer)
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest / buffoonery
a wooden word-by-word reading
Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Skopje, capital of North Macedonia
Union of the Comoros
Cottbus (city in Germany)
Jankovic / Yankovic / Yankovich / Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
Conakry, capital of Guinea
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin
Baikonur (Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan)
to flout the law
Bamako, capital of Mali
Unocal (US oil company)
person who is ignorant about science and technology / scientific illiteracy
Concord (place name) / Concord, capital of US state New Hampshire
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian Islands
imperial examinations
Cotonou (city in Benin)
golden rule / key principle
Orchidaceae
Foucault's pendulum
Qobto or Kobdo, khanate of outer Mongolia
science fiction
surname Kostunica / Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008
subfamily (taxonomy)
Cisco Systems Company
Tabasco (south Mexican state)
Equidae / horse family
computer science
surgery
pinaceae
social sciences
life sciences

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