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HSK
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to learn from history (idiom)
in view of / seeing that / considering / whereas
HSK 7-9
to differentiate; to distinguish
HSK 7-9
to appreciate (as a connoisseur)
HSK 7-9
to judge / to examine / to evaluate
illustrated handbook
annual report / yearbook / almanac
lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) / fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
evaluation; assessment
in view of this / to this end
DNA test; DNA testing
to examine deeply / to inspect closely
appraisal / verification / authentication / forensic investigation
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature
to appreciate (a work of art)
content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)
lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom) / lustrous
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
connoisseur / appreciative person / fan
lesson from events of the past / warning
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑑* | 鑑* | *鑑
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize
paternity or maternity test
Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)
to appraise / appraisal / valuation
to identify / to detect
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
in light of this
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
(formal) (used in a submitted document) please review; for your kind consideration
(computing) authentication
National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鍳* | 鍳* | *鍳
old variant of 鑒|鉴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鋻* | 鋻* | *鋻
variant of 鑑|鉴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑒* | 鑒* | *鑒
variant of 鑑|鉴
variant of 評鑑|评鉴


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