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HSK
separation of powers
to establish; to set up; to found
HSK 5
neutral / neutrality
HSK 7-9
public (e.g. school, hospital)
HSK 7-9
to set up; to establish
HSK 3
independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
judicial independence
national / state-run / public
to stand / standing / on one's feet
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
without destruction there can be no construction
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
separation of powers
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
HSK 7-9
the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
(idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
HSK 5
to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building)
to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom) / radical transformation
bookend
municipal / city / city-run
to strive for self-improvement
to isolate / isolated / unrelated; irrelevant
HSK 7-9
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
to stand / Stand up!
to annoint
to confer a title on (an empress or a prince)
Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan
to be all alone in the world
erect / upright / vertical
to erect / to set upright / to stand
state-run
to establish / to set up / to found
HSK 3
handstand
(literary) emaciated; bony
to establish / to institute
HSK 5
to stand erect / to stand upright
rooted to the spot (idiom); too terrified to move
(of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
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"
ordination
to tower over / rising (to a dominant position)
to stand by in attendance
to stand upright
Hitachi, Ltd.
to stand tall / to tower aloft
HSK 7-9
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
to exist side by side / to exist simultaneously
to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc)
to be alone / to stand in isolation
boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)
to become an unlawful ruler
to stand in great numbers
headstand
to coexist / coexistence
to stand all alone
to stand for a long time
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  *立* | 立* | *立
surname Li
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  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
(idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
to stand proudly
neutralism
dependent
to stand close to the door
stem (bicycle component)
unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)
Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise
variant of 亭亭玉立


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