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HSK
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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
public relations
HSK 7-9
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
governing body of an autonomous territory
Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
to be stuck / to feel stuck
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
closely related
area outside a city gate
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
to see through a trick
to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注)
matter of life and death
a make-or-break matter / a matter of life and death
public security bureau
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
to declare at customs
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
to be of vital interest
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
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
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
end of the year
even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
pneumatic switch
main switch
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
to crash through a barrier
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
surname Guan
abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院, University of International Relations, Beijing
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
civil service
entrance hall; vestibule
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)
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
vitally important / a matter of life and death
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
administrative authority / branch of government
positive correlation
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
judicial authorities
of great concern
jaw / mandibular joint
to enter a pass / to go through customs
customs clearance
financial organization
to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
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
the gates of hell
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
customs house (in ancient times)
the press / the media
ignition switch
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
customs inspection (at frontier)
negative correlation
pun / play on words
half-open, half closed
(Communist) Party and government organizations
inbound customs (international trade)
(Buddhism) to sit in contemplation
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
legislature
microswitch
variant of 叩關|叩关


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