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HSK
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
to set up; to establish
HSK 3
immediately; at once; right away
HSK 3
independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
immediately
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
position / standpoint / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to establish / to institute
HSK 5
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
to stand / standing / on one's feet
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
to isolate / isolated / unrelated; irrelevant
HSK 7-9
three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
to stand tall / to tower aloft
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
HSK 7-9
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
overpass / flyover
HSK 7-9
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *立* | 立* | *立
surname Li
rooted to the spot (idiom); too terrified to move
grade separation (civil engineering)
(of an object or device) designed to stand vertically; upright / (of an action) performed in a standing posture (e.g. shooting or exercise)
Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May
to be determined / to be resolved
standing image (of a Buddha or saint)
Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
cube / cubic
to make prompt decisions (idiom)
Lipton (name)
to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea / concept; central idea / to be determined (to do sth)
three-dimensional photo
Cubism
to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 4th-18th February
to launch a project
to stand alone / to have no one to rely on
Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
to be self-reliant
to set forth one's view; to present one's argument / argument; line of reasoning
to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc)
Trinidad
abbr. for 立體交叉|立体交叉 overpass
national / state-run / public
founder
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
to be unconventional / independence of action
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
to stand for a long time
to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
to stand erect / to stand upright
isolated and without help
to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
to erect / to set upright / to stand
J. A. Henckels (brand)
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
to achieve or accomplish goals
to set up a constitution
(Tw) legislator (abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员)
(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
without destruction there can be no construction
to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
elevation (architectural drawing)
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
to stand / Stand up!
to strive for self-improvement
to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
Eritrea
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
the age of 30
to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria)
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
to found a country
to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

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