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to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
great feat / splendid achievement
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
to report (malefactors to the police) / to denounce
HSK 7-9
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
HSK 7-9
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
to report (an offense to the authorities) / to inform against sb
presidential election
to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
HSK 2
such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any
to receive worldwide attention
HSK 7-9
easy / with no difficulty
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
imperial examinations (in former times)
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
HSK 2
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
to conduct; to hold (an event)
HSK 3
a list / to list / to enumerate
HSK 7-9
to give an example
HSK 7-9
throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first)
move; act; measure
HSK 7-9
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports)
HSK 7-9
magnificent feat / impressive feat / heroic undertaking / heroic attempt
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
HSK 7-9
(literary) to move forward
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing) / to accuse (in court) / to impeach / to denounce
bearing / manner / mien
HSK 7-9
to raise a loan / to borrow money
combining native and foreign methods
to recommend
(coll.) to pump iron
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous / gilding the lily
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
for example
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver / to shilly-shally
to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
the whole family
informer / snitch
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to play a critical role (idiom) / influential
unrivaled (idiom); world number one / unique / unequaled
HSK 7-9
innumerable (idiom)
erectile dysfunction / impotence
handheld sign; placard
to enumerate
Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴 scored a crushing victory over Chu
to select the best (for a job)
to offer evidence
grand event / magnificent undertaking
imperial examination
imperial examination system
(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project
snatch (weightlifting technique)
to look / to raise one's eyes
multiparty election
public election
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
legislative elections
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
preparatory literary studies for imperial examination
the right to be elected / the right to stand for election
to go a long way away
suffrage
election court
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist
to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge
fail to appreciate sb's kindness / not know how to appreciate favors
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
sensible act
(dialect) height of a house
many hands make light work (idiom)
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
pioneering work
every little move / every single movement
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend / to elect; to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
voter / elector
to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
meritorious deed / benevolent act
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
some cases picked out as example / to highlight
to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast
to elect / election / CL: , 個|个
HSK 6
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
bootstrapping
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to sit for imperial examinations
successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election

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