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length
HSK 5
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
to grow up
HSK 2
class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to mature / to grow / growth
HSK 3
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
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  *長* | 長* | *長
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
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  *長* | 長* | *長
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
long-distance running
HSK 6
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
very long / endless
HSK 5
mayor
HSK 2
the Great Wall
HSK 3
factory director
HSK 5
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
group leader
HSK 2
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
bureau chief
HSK 6
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
long life
long vacation
HSK 6
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
Nanchang, a district of Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
head of a committee
president of the association
Minister of Education / Director of Education Department
courtesy name of 關羽|关羽
(bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
district chief
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
governor (of a province or colony) / (US) state governor / (Australian) state premier
(Western) concert flute
department head / section chief
HSK 6
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
baguette
trousers
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
HSK 7-9
to die / to depart from the world forever
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
economic growth
rectangle
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
personal strength / one's special ability or strong points
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
growth rate
long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
HSK 7-9
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal / for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) / also written 天長地久|天长地久
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
to stretch; to extend
(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
HSK 7-9
wavelength
negative growth / economic recession
to look (pretty, the same etc)
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
to form a long queue (idiom) / (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
director general
not having any special skill / without any qualifications
duration
fierce and ambitious character / formidable person
growth rate
line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue
to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop
profound / significant / meaningful
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡
longbow
(geometry) side length
chief of staff
(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
middle distance race
a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
patriarchal system
family goings-on

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