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humanity / human race / mankind
HSK 3
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  *类* | 类* | *类
kind; type; class; category / (classifier) kind; type / (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
HSK 3
similar; analogous
HSK 3
type; kind; category / (computer programming) type
HSK 4
kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
HSK 4
to classify
HSK 5
and so on / and such
HSK 6
classification / category
HSK 7-9
similar / same type / alike
HSK 7-9
things like this (idiom); and so on / and the rest / etc
HSK 7-9
fishes
bean
to classify / to categorize
inhuman
hominid
sugar (chemistry)
fungus
all categories
insects
birds
(botany) fern; bracken; brake
algae
rheumatoid factor
category / kind
and so on / in a similar fashion
(idiom) to organize by categories; to classify
ball sports
analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
offbeat / alternative / avant-garde / unconventional / weird
shellfish / mollusks
ornithology / study of birds
animals
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
meat
to excel the common (idiom); surpassing / preeminent / outstanding
(linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
same type / category 1 (i.e. class A)
category / kind / class
cereal / grain
bird species / birds
clan / race
metalloid (chemistry)
melioidosis
steroid
mineralocorticoid (e.g. aldosterone)
out of place / inappropriate / incongruous
anthropology
subtype / subclass
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc)
education for everyone, irrespective of background
to resemble; to be similar to
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
category / division
the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
thesaurus
a living being (esp. human)
to call up all one's associates / rent-a-crowd
this kind (of)
category
(chemistry) aldehyde
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光 et al in 11th century
soup dishes (on menu)
similar
anthropologist
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
noodle dishes (on menu)
carbohydrate
class Amphibia / amphibians
Human Genome Project
origin of mankind
mammals / also written 哺乳動物|哺乳动物
flavonoid (chemistry)
reptiles / also written 爬行動物|爬行动物
taxonomy / taxology / systematics
human papillomavirus (HPV)
paleoanthropology
new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
classification of animals
organoid (regenerative medicine)
quasar
(chemistry) phenol
crustacean
(zoology) bivalve
terrestrial planet
crimes against humanity
theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group) / suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs
category 5 / CAT 5 (cable)
finch (family Fringillidae)
Jovian planet
a ledger / a spreadsheet
corticosteroid
characteristic class (math.)
bast fiber plant (general term for hemp, flax, jute, ramie etc)
No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001
butterfly (family)
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis

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