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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
subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline
HSK 5
internal medicine; general medicine
HSK 4
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
undergraduate course / undergraduate (attributive)
HSK 4
pediatrics
HSK 6
Anacardiaceae, plant family including lac tree (Rhus vernicifera) 漆樹|漆树
liberal arts / humanities
HSK 7-9
science and engineering as academic subjects
(loanword) disco
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia)
orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
the canines
engineering as an academic subject
HSK 7-9
gynecology
(zoology) family Mosasauridae
virus family
to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others) / overdoing it / to go overboard
required courses in the major subject
neurology department
subfamily (taxonomy)
interdisciplinary / interdisciplinary subject (in science)
to fail (a course)
specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school
(abbr.) humanities and social sciences
the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科)
HSK 7-9
social science (abbr.)
pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
Moscow, capital of Russia
interdisciplinary
psychiatry
Cisco Systems Company
(medicine) general surgery (abbr. for 普通外科)
Liliaceae / the lily family
Felidae (the cat family)
humanities and social sciences
a wooden word-by-word reading
to flout the law
Baidu online encyclopedia
dermatology
orthopedic surgery
Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)
business studies
plastic surgery / orthopedics
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
Caryophyllaceae family (carnations and pinks)
Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family
Vanke, large Chinese real estate company, founded in 1984
Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower
university undergraduate course
dentistry
Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
calico (woven cloth from Caldicot, Kerala, India)
Bamako, capital of Mali
Waco
Uncyclopedia (satirical website parodying Wikipedia)
Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany)
Unocal (US oil company)
Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
(department of) ophthalmology
Tettigoniidae (katydids and crickets)
(education) non-core subject
university preparatory course
universal / encyclopedic / abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书
family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
urology
Herpestidae (zoology)
Aegyptiidae (the vulture family)
Gobiidae (suborder of perch)
Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
Betulaceae (broadleaf tree family including birch and alder)
maternity department / maternity ward / obstetrics
gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice)
preparatory course (in college)
Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint
Equidae / horse family
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
Moraceae (type of flowering plant)
(Tw) sports science (abbr. for 運動科學|运动科学)
Umbelliferae or Apiaceae, plant family containing carrot, coriander etc
neurosurgery
Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher / also written 福柯
pinaceae
medicine (as a science) / medical science
penaeidae (the prawn or shrimp family)
interdisciplinary
Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟
Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
Jericho (town in West Bank)
(zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
Orchidaceae
Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
Acridoidea (family containing grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
Bombacaceae (botany)
pseudoscientist / crank / crackpot (abbr. for 民間科學家|民间科学家)
Ericaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea

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