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to withstand / to stand up to
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
parietal lobe
parietal bone (top of the scull)
canopy / roof / ceiling
thimble
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
summit / peak / (math.) vertex
Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate / to pose under a false name
set-top box
jack (for lifting weight)
to talk back / to answer back
on top of / at the summit
pillar / backbone
suspended ceiling; false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling
to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9
to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
(Tw) to hand over (a business etc) for an agreed price
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
to do a handstand
peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece
bald head
zenith
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
highly intelligent; brilliant
canopy / roof / ceiling
top-down
at most / at best
HSK 7-9
hydraulic jack
angle at apex / summit angle / cusp
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
top bar / crown bar
(slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量)
one's immediate superior
to be balding / to be thinning on top
(Tw) northern Taiwan (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tíng-káng])
(East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
highly intelligent; brilliant
lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching
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apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
to take over sb else's job / to substitute for
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
top of the head
HSK 7-9
summit / crest
(idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity
to contradict (elders or superiors)
top-notch; first-rate
HSK 7-9
roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
(dialect) each one; every one
housetop / roof
sports coupé (car)
to be drowned (figurative and literal)
pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
flat roof
square roof
roof
HSK 7-9
useful / fitting
to reach the upper limit
dome
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc)
top-tier academic conference (abbr. for 頂級會議|顶级会议)
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
impersonator / impostor
dome
(bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
top of a building
top-tier academic journal (abbr. for 頂級期刊|顶级期刊)
highest level of specification (for a product)
top valve / head valve
false roof
to bow in thanks
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
to face into the wind / against the wind / fig. against the law
bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)
Pingdingshan, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
(slang) to strongly support / to strongly approve of
(bird species of China) chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata)
to replace
sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top of the skull
to go bald
out-and-out / thoroughly
to support the family business (idiom)
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
to take the blame / to be a scapegoat / to carry the can
stack top (computing)
dome / vault / domed roof
(bird species of China) whistling green pigeon; Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae)
excellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
top / top side / top surface
(bird species of China) rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata)
rack and pinion jack
(mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
top quark (particle physics)

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