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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
roof
HSK 7-9
top-notch; first-rate
HSK 7-9
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
hilltop
HSK 7-9
top of the head
HSK 7-9
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
at most / at best
HSK 7-9
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
item / event / project
to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
top floor / the top of a building
top-tier academic conference (abbr. for 頂級會議|顶级会议)
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
key money; takeover fee paid to a previous tenant when assuming their lease or business (originally Cantonese)
angle at apex / summit angle / cusp
set-top box
roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus
(bird species of China) whistling green pigeon; Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae)
peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece
dome / vault / domed roof
flat roof
summit / peak / (math.) vertex
summit; peak
to replace
suspended ceiling; false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling
on top of / at the summit
ceiling / awning (under ceiling)
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
bald head
dome light (of a taxi etc) / ceiling light (in a room) / interior light (of a car) / light on the top of a mast etc
topping (mining)
to withstand / to stand up to
excellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
(lit. and fig.) to get to the top
pillar / backbone
to talk back / to answer back
(lit. and fig.) summit; peak / extremely; utterly
top of a building
jack (for lifting weight)
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
out-and-out / thoroughly
to be of use
to contradict (elders or superiors)
lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching
to face into the wind / against the wind / fig. against the law
to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
housetop / roof
summit / crest
parietal lobe
zenith
thimble
to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to
furnace top
top-tier academic journal (abbr. for 頂級期刊|顶级期刊)
terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate / to pose under a false name
parietal bone (top of the scull)
to take the blame / to be a scapegoat / to carry the can
useful / fitting
to go bald
(mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
to do a handstand
to resist / to obstruct / to bear responsibility for
to do a handstand
to be drowned (figurative and literal)
to come directly towards one / top / immediate (superior)
highest level of specification (for a product)
to be balding / to be thinning on top
(slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量)
car roof
to replace sb on a workshift / to substitute for
cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
roof / lid
top bar / crown bar
(typesetting) to not indent / to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
to take over sb else's job / to substitute for
top valve / head valve
see 丁克
bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)
to serve as forced labor / to take the rap for sb
to prostrate oneself / to kneel and bow the head (in submission, supplication, worship etc)
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
to bow in thanks
stack top (computing)
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
false roof
canopy / roof / ceiling
to buy a struggling business and keep it going; to take over a business
highly intelligent; brilliant
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
square roof
impersonator / impostor
dome

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