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HSK
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
to intercommunicate / to interoperate
means of transportation / vehicle
transport costs
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
traffic hub
universal; applicable to all (or both) / shared; common
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
traffic rules / rules of the road
traffic warden
traffic sign
passport
regular; usual; normal / usually; normally
HSK 3
general education
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
HSK 2
(Tw) (computing) communication protocol
common / ordinary / general / average
HSK 2
everything
instant messaging
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
cartoon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass
traffic light
to join forces / to give full cooperation
(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
Bank of Communications
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
traffic congestion
interoperability (of communications equipment)
to collude with / to conspire
to hold a conversation / to talk over the telephone / phone call
HSK 6
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
traffic police
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
information and communication technology, ICT
to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
public transport / mass transit
to adapt to circumstances
Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
pedestrian underpass
to connect / to put through
HSK 7-9
unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
HSK 6
road congestion; traffic jam
culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
to act in collusion (idiom)
traffic accident / car crash
flexible / accommodating
to pass through; to get through / to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) / to pass (a test) / by means of; through; via
HSK 2
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
local train / ordinary vehicle
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
everything is going smoothly (idiom)
common language / lingua franca
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1624
data communication
penetrating
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
China Unicom
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
to go smoothly / prosperous / going well
Nantong, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Southwest Jiaotong University
to correspond (by letter, email etc) / to send or receive messages through telecommunications
HSK 3
commuting
flux
ordinary / mediocre / nothing special
to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
HSK 7-9
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
admission notice (issued by a university)
to collude / to collaborate / to gang up
to get a good grasp of
magnetic flux
universality
to bribe
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street
HSK 7-9
common / everyday / average
HSK 7-9
(Tw) inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀)
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
common stock
treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers
underground passage; underpass
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
General Electric (GE)
Yitong River in Siping 四平, Jilin
from ancient times up to now / throughout history
to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
unobstructed; clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
HSK 7-9
wildcard character (computing)
popular fiction / light literature
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
HSK 5

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