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HSK
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
HSK 5
to lead a chorus / choirmaster / leading singer
to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
to have a hierarchical (possessive or supervisory) relationship
high-level leadership / top brass
skill / ability / capability / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 3
bellwether
(winner's) podium
to understand / to comprehend
HSK 7-9
leader
leadership (capacity to lead)
LinkedIn (professional networking website)
to adopt (a child, pet etc)
HSK 7-9
to lead / to command / to head
HSK 5
common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
to guide / to lead
HSK 3
necktie / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
interdisciplinary
gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
bow tie / loop of a necktie / lavaliere
to fail to grasp the main points
to lead / to command / commander / officer
spiritual leader (of a nation or church) / religious leader
to understand tacitly (idiom) / to know intuitively / to understand thoroughly
to advertise for the owner of lost property
turndown collar / lapel
to lead / to be in front
HSK 3
navigator
consulate general
ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
consulate
HSK 7-9
comprehension / perception / feeling
(bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia)
to lead (sb, or an animal) away / to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand) / to take away
white-collar / white-collar worker
HSK 6
leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group
to understand / to comprehend / to grasp
HSK 7-9
to have a taste of / to realize / to appreciate
HSK 7-9
leader
HSK 6
red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
main aspects / essentials / gist
HSK 7-9
leadership group / collective of leaders
navigation / navigator / to navigate
to lead a group / leader of a group / captain (of sports squad)
HSK 7-9
consul general
much obliged / thank you / to ask advice / (ironically or humorously) to experience / to taste
(bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia
feudal lord; suzerain; overlord
(Tw) leadership
to take the lead / to be first to start
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
low-cut neckline
domain; sphere; field; territory; area
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) white-collared yuhina (Parayuhina diademata)
collar / neck
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  *领* | 领* | *领
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
to receive
collar / neckband / neckline / the place where the two ends of a collar meet
collar button
head person / leader
capital territory / Australian Capital Territory (ACT) around Canberra 堪培拉
consul
HSK 7-9
research area / field of research
consulate general / same as 總領事館|总领事馆
shirt collar
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
to lead troups / (fig.) to lead / leading
HSK 7-9
territory
HSK 7-9
lead / leading / to lead / leadership / leader / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
to be baptized
(bird species of China) collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
red collar / government worker
(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
leader
receiving materials
to take the lead in a race / to set the pace
to obtain by impersonation / to falsely claim as one's own
a recipient
lost and found
leadership (ability)
territorial waters
(bird species of China) rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
leadership authority
to possess / to own
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
territorial integrity
to confess one's fault / to accept one's punishment
(bird species of China) greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)
embassy and consulate
lost-and-found
I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer)
(of clothing) V-neck

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