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(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
HSK 3
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platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
balcony / porch
HSK 4
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
on stage
HSK 4
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
HSK 6
platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website
HSK 6
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
variant of 櫃檯|柜台
HSK 7-9
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Taiwan
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
National Taipei University of Technology
China and Taiwan
balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
rooftop
tripod head
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
to appear on the same stage
display counter / stand / booth
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi
(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit ), aka taotai and circuit intendant
tableland / mesa
pillar / mainstay / star performer
stylobate (architecture)
start of play / opening of theatrical performance
Hantai District of Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市, Shaanxi
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
(dental implant) abutment
(polite) courtesy name
platform / stand
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
prism
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
stage
Taitung County in southeast Taiwan
to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
table fan / desk fan
provincial judge (in imperial China)
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
stove top / hob
(theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to undermine sb's plans
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
lampstand
Taipei County in north Taiwan (now renamed 新北市)
(bird species of China) Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
stage play
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
candlestick / candle holder
ink stone / ink slab / CL:
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
an actor's lines; dialogue / Taiwanese word
to collapse
Taiwan media
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
desktop computer
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
pavilion
observation tower / lookout tower
(bird species of China) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)
to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully / to be put on the spot / to be embarrassed
to extricate oneself / way out
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山, Heilongjiang
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
railway platform
Hong Kong and Taiwan
hardware platform
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Tainan Prefecture, a prefecture of Taiwan under Qing rule
Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan
(bird species of China) Taiwan partridge (Arborophila crudigularis)
bench vise
(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙 sb with a narrow view of the world)
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
abbr. for 臺灣電視公司|台湾电视公司, Taiwan Television (TTV)
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
Xingtai, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative

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