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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
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 be concerned about; to care about
HSK 2
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
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
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 關係|关系
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
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
HSK 5
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
to show concern and care for
HSK 6
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
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
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
public relations
HSK 7-9
customs duty / tariff
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
to switch off; to shut off
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
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
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
surname Guan
legislature
Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
positive correlation
industrial relations / relations between labor and capital
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
entrance hall; vestibule
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
keyword
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
correlation
interpersonal relationship
Guam
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
arthritis
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 / Kantō region of Japan
also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
international relations
to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
of great concern
pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
official (government-operated) newspaper
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to be of vital interest
to relate to / concerning / about
to declare at customs
to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽)
the gates of hell
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪
customs inspection (at frontier)
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
(in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
foreign relations / diplomatic relations
urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
to crash through a barrier
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
the critical moment / life and death crisis
climax (in a story)
to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
(idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
triangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
area outside a city gate
mountain pass
rheumatoid arthritis
knuckle
matter of life and death
pneumatic switch
human life is beyond value (idiom)
Chengguan town (common place name)
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Chengguan District of Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市, Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet / Chengguan district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu

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