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platform / terrace / flat-roofed building
HSK 6
(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
on stage
HSK 4
transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個|个,
HSK 3
balcony / porch
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
windowsill; window ledge
HSK 4
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
stage presence, poise
HSK 5
Taiwan compatriot
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
stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground
HSK 7-9
boxing ring
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
this radio station
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Radio Taiwan International (RTI)
maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
observation tower / lookout tower
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
Taiwan province (PRC term)
Ögedei Khan (1186-1242), a son of Genghis Khan
Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)
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
Taiwan Island
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to fall from power; to collapse / downfall
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
Hong Kong 香港, Macao 澳門|澳门 and Taiwan 臺灣|台湾
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (abbr.)
to appear on the same stage
Taiwan
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
rostrum / platform / CL: 個|个
stage play
control desk / console
National Taipei University of Technology
Tai-lo, romanization system for Taiwanese Hokkien (abbr. for 臺灣閩南語羅馬字拼音方案|台湾闽南语罗马字拼音方案)
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
Hong Kong and Taiwan
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)
software platform
HSK 3
Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
pavilion
to extricate oneself / way out
(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
Tainan city in Tainan county 臺南縣|台南县, Taiwan
maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL: ,
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
hardware platform
Taiwan media
abbr. for 台灣海峽|台湾海峡, Taiwan Strait
commode / dressing table / sink
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
Jintai District of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi
(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臺* | 臺* | *臺
Taiwan (abbr.)
National Taiwan University / abbr. to 臺大|台大
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
Xingtai, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
tripod head
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
display counter / stand / booth
Shuangtai district of Panjin city 盤錦市|盘锦市, Liaoning
(old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest
signal station
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Taipei County in north Taiwan (now renamed 新北市)
desktop computer
elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held / arena / ring
Taiwan spy
(coll.) to fall through / to result in failure / (of a relationship) to break up
Yingtai, artificial island in Zhongnanhai 中南海, now serves as the site to host national banquets and receptions
Xingtai, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
prism
Taichung, city in central Taiwan
flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand
to return to Taiwan
ski jumping
unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
China and Taiwan
Congtai, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei
last item on a show / grand finale
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
stove top / hob

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