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HSK
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
to set up; to establish
HSK 3
immediately; at once; right away
HSK 3
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
immediately
HSK 4
independent / independence / to stand alone
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
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
to establish / to institute
HSK 5
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
position / standpoint / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic
HSK 7-9
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
to stand / standing / on one's feet
HSK 7-9
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
HSK 7-9
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
to stand tall / to tower aloft
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
to isolate / isolated / unrelated; irrelevant
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
overpass / flyover
HSK 7-9
to launch a project
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
stereophonic sound
Lithuania
to stand proudly
legislature
Eritrea
to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
war of independence
national / state-run / public
headstand
erect / upright / vertical
lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety
Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China
face-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)
The Independent
to be determined / to be resolved
National Taipei University of Technology
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *立* | 立* | *立
surname Li
(of an object or device) designed to stand vertically; upright / (of an action) performed in a standing posture (e.g. shooting or exercise)
to render meritorious military service
(Tw) legislator (abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员)
at once / immediately / promptly / swiftly
to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
to exist side by side / to exist simultaneously
Polaroid (Tw)
stereoscopic cinema / 3D cinema
to stand alone / to have no one to rely on
Hitachi, Ltd.
municipal / city / city-run
to establish one's authority
stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽)
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
right away; quickly; immediately
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
to stand in great numbers
to found a country
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
Cubism
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
cube / cubic
Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November
isolated and without help
opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837)
to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
to achieve or accomplish goals
Trinidad and Tobago
to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself
to set up / to establish
to stand for a long time
to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
judicial independence
Trinidad
(idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society
constitutional monarchy
Declaration of Independence
to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
J. A. Henckels (brand)
separation of powers
standing long jump
(math.) simultaneous equations; system of equations
to coexist / coexistence
to stand all alone
(idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing
neutral country
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
to make prompt decisions (idiom)

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