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HSK
memorial badge / souvenir badge / CL:
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
Mazhang, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
rule; regulation
article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: , , 頁|页
HSK 3
official seal
stamp / seal / CL:
Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:
HSK 7-9
badge / insignia / lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)
chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
rules and regulations
seal / stamp
rule
superficial show / going through the motions
to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble
United Nations charter
poetry and prose / rhetoric
octopus
chapter / section
collar insignia
logical / only to be expected / rational and clearly structured (of text)
HSK 7-9
Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
(idiom) to quote out of context
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
party constitution
prologue / preface / preamble
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet
institution / institutional
coat of arms
movement (of a symphony)
newspapers
(southern dialects) red armband
(literary) beautiful writing
signature
(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent / articulate
HSK 7-9
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
according to the regulations
badge
medal; decoration
HSK 7-9
private seal / stamp inked on the back of one's hand (used to prove that one has paid to enter a venue etc)
service regulation
epaulet / shoulder loop / shoulder mark
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
concise list of rules / brochure / pamphlet
memorial to the Emperor
to break the rules / to violate regulations
HSK 7-9
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chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order
HSK 6
military medal
violator / lawbreaker
Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor
officialese / red tape
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
film badge
charter
to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules
armband / armlet / shoulder emblem
a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific)
(literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened; terrified
to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
Magna Carta
(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
medal / CL:
lapel badge / CL:
Hezhang, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市, Guizhou
Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾 and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰 (Dharmaraksha)
Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down
rules / regulations / constitution / statute / articles of association (of company) / articles of incorporation / charter (of a corporation) / by-laws
street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district
disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
HSK 7-9
Zhanggong, a district of Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市, Jiangxi
Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年
Yizhang, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
sample chapter
charter
the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)
armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)
to appraise
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
to form a coherent composition
Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc


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