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HSK
packet size (computing)
minister of finance
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
conductor / train manager
economic growth
chief of staff
person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
head of a committee
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  *长* | 长* | *长
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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  *长* | 长* | *长
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
village chief / mayor (of village or township)
assistant (government) minister
senior
senior or older male schoolmate
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
village chief; village head
governor of a province
store manager
body length
to encourage / to foster / to foment
bureau chief
HSK 6
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长 to be known for one's research)
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
warden
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
vice-secretary
to stretch; to extend
specialty / special knowledge or ability
HSK 7-9
presiding judge
(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)
elder brother / term of respect for a man of about the same age
courtesy name of 關羽|关羽
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
(Tw) chief executive
negative growth / economic recession
factory director
HSK 5
deputy mayor
Defense secretary / Defense Minister
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
(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
group leader
HSK 2
long / drawn-out / prolonged / lingering
ancient official title
vice-principal
wavelength
to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by
section chief / CL: 個|个
president or director (of association etc)
person in charge of a (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长 discipline monitor
governor (of a province or colony) / (US) state governor / (Australian) state premier
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
one's superior / one's elders and betters
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
commander / captain (of a warship)
to grow (usually of abstract things) / to yield / to develop
secretary-general
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
long and narrow
head of provincial PRC government department
(police) detective
very long / endless
HSK 5
Minister of Education / Director of Education Department
profound (meaning, implications etc)
county's head commissioner
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
Secretary for Security (Hong Kong)
director general
cheerleader
deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
battalion commander
department head / section chief
HSK 6
senior official
long life and prosperity
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
north-south distance
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
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
each displays their own strengths (idiom)
Minister of the Interior
perimeter / circumference
mayor
HSK 2
provost
optical wavelength
to spread malicious gossip
deputy governor (of a province or colony) / lieutenant governor of US state
to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
not having any special skill / without any qualifications
minister of foreign affairs
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi

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