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HSK
similar; analogous
HSK 3
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  *類* | 類* | *類
kind; type; class; category / (classifier) kind; type / (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
HSK 3
humanity / human race / mankind
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
shellfish / mollusks
category / kind
class Amphibia / amphibians
sugar (chemistry)
analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
(linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
all categories
meat
birds
to classify / to categorize
the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
anthropology
and so on / in a similar fashion
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
butterfly (family)
same type / category 1 (i.e. class A)
mammals / also written 哺乳動物|哺乳动物
algae
to reason by analogy
carbohydrate
(idiom) to organize by categories; to classify
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
fungus
similar
clan / race
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
education for everyone, irrespective of background
a ledger / a spreadsheet
anthropologist
taxonomy / taxology / systematics
offbeat / alternative / avant-garde / unconventional / weird
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光 et al in 11th century
metalloid (chemistry)
ornithology / study of birds
quasar
new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
to excel the common (idiom); surpassing / preeminent / outstanding
scum of a community / degenerate
cannibalism
terrestrial planet
hominid
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day)
category / kind / class
animals
different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)
steroid
out of place / inappropriate / incongruous
this kind (of)
toxoid
cereal / grain
domestic animal
villain / evil person
a living being (esp. human)
paleoanthropology
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
category / division
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)
the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
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
to resemble; to be similar to
Jovian planet
to call up all one's associates / rent-a-crowd
noodle dishes (on menu)
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
(zoology) marsupial
main type / main class / main category
thesaurus
bean
category
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
(chemistry) aldehyde
rice dishes (on menu)
reptiles / also written 爬行類|爬行类
ball sports
crustacean
human papillomavirus (HPV)
flavonoid (biochemistry)
crimes against humanity
schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
corticosteroid
insects
soup dishes (on menu)
bird species / birds
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Human Genome Project
mammals
false but apparently real
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
knives / cutlery
classification of animals

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