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HSK
to learn / to study
HSK 1
to review / revision / CL:
HSK 2
habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
to practice / exercise / drill / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to prepare a lesson
HSK 3
to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
HSK 6
Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
HSK 7-9
acquired / learned
old habit / former custom
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
to review (a lesson etc)
HSK 7-9
to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition
Xi Jinping (1953–), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013
to concentrate on studying hard
intern (student)
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
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  *習* | 習* | *習
surname Xi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *習* | 習* | *習
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
to understand profoundly / well-versed / skillful / practiced / to have the knack
to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study
deep learning (artificial intelligence)
corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice
exercise booklet
teaching and learning / to study and impart
(derog.) bureaucracy / red tape
unfamiliar
(schoolwork) exercise / problem / question
medical intern
Study Times, journal of the Central Party School 中央黨校|中央党校
well established / accepted as a result of long usage
idiom
custom / tradition / local tradition / convention
HSK 7-9
old habit (usually bad) / inbred custom / deep-rooted practice
bad habit / vice
old habits are hard to change (idiom)
to use habitually / usual / conventional
trainee
exercise book / workbook / CL:
country manners; provincialism
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature
to lecture / to instruct
accustomed to / used to
custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
common saying / idiom
deeply ingrained / steeped in
customary law / common law
(idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
instructional workshop
customary
cram class / cram school / evening classes
military exercise / war game
research and study
(writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece; an exercise
to practice writing characters
Xishui, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
to learn on the job / to be on probation
accumulated habits become custom
idiom / idiomatic expression / habitual form of speech (grammar)
to practice martial arts
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然
custom; practice
character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
to study / to practice
inveterate habit
(psychology) learned helplessness
apprentice / probationer / cadet
discussion forum / seminar / assembly
to become accustomed to sth through long practice
commonly seen
driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground
(of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying
variant of 復習|复习
HSK 2
folk customs
habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable / second nature / same as 習慣成自然|习惯成自然
associative learning
anti-Xi (Jinping)
one's habits change with long custom
old rules and customs
medical intern


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