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phenomenon / CL: 個|个, 種|种 / appearance
HSK 3
impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory
HSK 3
image / form / figure / CL: 個|个 / visualization / vivid
HSK 3
target; object / partner; boyfriend; girlfriend / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to imagine; to envision / imagination
HSK 4
emblem / symbol / token / badge / to symbolize / to signify / to stand for
HSK 5
meteorological condition; weather / meteorology / atmosphere; ambience; scene
HSK 5
scene / sight (to behold)
HSK 5
elephant / CL: 頭|头
HSK 5
abstract / abstraction / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
sign; indication; mark; indicator
HSK 7-9
stinkbug
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
outward appearance / superficial / (philosophy, psychology) representation / idea / (math.) representation
to make a deeper impression on sb
(religion) a vision / strange phenomenon
weather station
Chinese chess / CL:
image / imagery
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *象* | 象* | *象
elephant / CL: 隻|只 / shape / form / appearance / to imitate
chess / CL:
to have a recollection (of sb or sth) / to remember
Vientiane, capital of Laos
every manifestation of nature
onomatopoeia
aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)
sign / symptom
impressionism
phenomenology
ivory / elephant tusk
quadrant (in coordinate geometry)
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
walrus
false appearance / facade
condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
all-embracing / all-inclusive
dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
variant of 圖像|图像
illusion
meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
unreasonable / shocking; outrageous
variant of 影像
observatory / observation platform
hemogram / picture of blood used in medical research
to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
weevil / snout beetle
mammoth
to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
to seem; to be like (variant of 好像)
symptom (of a disease)
variant of 錄像|录像
drought
natural phenomenon
weather bureau / meteorological office
ivory tower
variant of 像話|像话
imagination
tangible image / concrete / representational (art)
abstract algebra
stereotype
pictogram / hieroglyph
to be just like
meteorology
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
weevil; snout beetle
(variant of 真相) the truth about sth; the actual facts
chaos / madness
hidden inner properties and their external manifestations (TCM)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
elephant seal
weather station
weather satellite
Document Object Model (DOM)
phenomenal
Xiangshan county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador
symbolic / emblem / token
impressionism
abstract field (math.)
Xiangzhou, a county in Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市, Guangxi
planetarium projector
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
visual arts
partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
object oriented language
to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
a meteorologist
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
(slang) elephant
strange phenomenon
variant of 像樣|像样
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw)

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