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HSK
position / place / seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy
HSK 4
to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement
HSK 4
to install / installation / equipment / system / unit / device
HSK 4
to set up; to install
HSK 4
to deploy / to allocate / configuration / allocation
HSK 6
to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
to purchase
to shelve / to set aside
HSK 7-9
to handle / to take care of / to punish
HSK 7-9
built-in; internal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *置* | 置* | *置
to install / to place / to put / to buy
HSK 7-9
to put
HSK 7-9
to place before / frontal; leading / pre-
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置)
to invert
to throw away / to discard
(computing) factory settings
to transpose
to buy / to acquire / to add to one's possessions
screensaver (Tw)
improvised explosive device (IED)
detonator
to leave sth unused / to lie idle
geographical location
to handle / to arrange
automatic tool changer (ATC)
to put sth in the wrong place
to set up; to establish / facilities / (government) agency; authority
nuclear explosion device
nuclear device
rig
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain / to detain (a suspect or offender) / (medicine) indwelling
ink supply mechanism
(coll.) to put (things) back; to tidy up; to put in order
offset / biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
having elements from another time or place
to relocate / to evacuate
pointing device (computing)
relative position
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
(automobile) transmission
BCD / Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)
mobile device (Tw)
to reset / reset / replacement
filtration equipment
electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)
to discard / to shelve as useless
to swap / to exchange / to transpose / to replace


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