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to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up
HSK 4
to edit / to compile / editor / compiler
HSK 5
to establish (a unit or department) / authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)
HSK 6
to weave; to plait / to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
editor / compiler
to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter
HSK 7-9
text editor
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
programmable
to arrange / to lay out
HSK 7-9
editor; compiler
chief editor (of newspaper)
to compile
HSK 7-9
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
(computing) to program / programming
compiler
(of a dictionary etc) revised edition
to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
to number / numbering / serial number
HSK 7-9
to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up
HSK 7-9
to select and edit / to compile
having a permanent post / part of the official staff
editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer)
random lies and falsehoods
fixed allocation
to compose (music) / arrangement
to compile and print / to publish
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
Punycode (encoding for internationalized domain names) (abbr. for 國際化域名編碼|国际化域名编码)
to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
postal code / zip code
HSK 7-9
editor in charge
to revise
(publishing) layout and graphics / graphic design / art editor / graphic designer
to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑
mixed
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
to compile (an encyclopedia etc)
editor in charge (abbr. for 責任編輯|责任编辑)
to incorporate into one's troops / to weave in
to code / to encode / code
choreography / choreographer
assembly language
to compile anew; new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization)
selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology
postal code / zip code
to weave / to plait
application programming interface (API)
to organize into groups / marshalling
to form into columns / to organize into teams / formation (of ships or aircraft)
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
to compile / collection; compilation
to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
to crochet
binary code / binary encoding
to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel
annals / chronicle
Manchester encoding
straw weaving
to compile and edit
editor's commentary
in the style of annals / chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
woven fabric
editor (software)
(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization (abbr. for 統一編號|统一编号)
editing
to copy-edit / copy editor
dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
(computing) cross-compiler
EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone
to compile / to write
wickerwork
to make a catalogue / catalogue / list
editor's note
to make things up / to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
editor of a scientific journal, publication etc
concise edition; abridged edition; compendium
woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber
sequel / continuation (of a serial publication)
to compile in collaboration with / to merge and reorganize (army units etc)
to select and edict / to edit extracts
to organize / to put together / to edit
to compile / to edit
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
complete edition
to fabricate (a story)
to arrange in order / to compile / to prepare (a budget, project etc)
editorial office; newsroom
(publishing) (abbr. for 美術編輯|美术编辑) layout and graphics / graphic design / art editor / graphic designer
translator and editor
(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization
encoder
placement test

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