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


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