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mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
it doesn't matter
HSK 1
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
to be concerned about; to care about
HSK 2
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
variant of 關係|关系
HSK 3
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
HSK 4
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
HSK 5
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to be related; to be connected / relationship; connection
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to show concern and care for
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
public relations
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
customs duty / tariff
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
to switch off; to shut off
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
to crash through a barrier
area outside a city gate
to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
to relate to / concerning / about
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
customs clearance
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽)
Guam
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关 or both
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
pun / play on words
to declare at customs
to enter a pass / to go through customs
not the least bit concerned / completely indifferent
entrance hall; vestibule
the gates of hell
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪
Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
Guantanamo
to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
jaw / mandibular joint
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
climax (in a story)
Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
of great concern
matter of life and death
mountain pass
(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
human life is beyond value (idiom)
to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship
(idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
the utmost care (idiom); to look after sb in every possible way
to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
close the country to international intercourse

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