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HSK
stage / section / phase / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
HSK 7-9
social class
HSK 7-9
(social) class / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
official rank
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  *階* | 階* | *階
rank or step / stairs
high level
middle class
the capitalist class / the bourgeoisie
class struggle
working class
the landlord class
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
pentatonic scale
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
lecture theater
petty bourgeois
musical scale
proletariat
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)
low-level (computer) language
to find an excuse / to look for a pretext
second order / quadratic (math.)
order / rank / level
advanced
at the present stage
social class
new level; higher plane
low level
to extricate oneself / way out
social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution)
heptatonic scale
exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
to confer additional titles on a nobleman
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)
salaried class
stone step
bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58)
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
peasant class (esp. in Marxist theory); peasantry
doorstep / threshold
terrace (geography)
volumetric pricing / tiered pricing / differential pricing
specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased
hierarchical


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