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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
peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field)
HSK 7-9
hilltop
HSK 7-9
top-notch; first-rate
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) to get to the top
parietal bone (top of the scull)
roof
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
to contradict (elders or superiors)
(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
to talk back / to answer back
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
top of the head
HSK 7-9
jack (for lifting weight)
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)
at most / at best
HSK 7-9
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
to withstand / to stand up to
excellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
top-down
lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom / flawless Buddhist teaching
summit / peak / (math.) vertex
sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top of the skull
coot
to go bald
zenith
first class / top / world best
peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece
cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
highest level of specification (for a product)
topping (mining)
roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
square roof
to be balding / to be thinning on top
to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to
to serve as forced labor / to take the rap for sb
(typesetting) to not indent / to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin
pillar / backbone
top of a building
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads
to support the family business (idiom)
to take over (a lease, shop or business from the previous tenant) (originally Cantonese)
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
false roof
(dialect) each one; every one
(mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in
suspended ceiling; false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling
roof rack
dome
dome
canopy / roof / ceiling
(bird species of China) dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus)
top quark (particle physics)
top floor / the top of a building
to reach the upper limit
Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
dome / vault / domed roof
see 丁克
to come directly towards one / top / immediate (superior)
Pingdingshan, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong
to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)
thatched roof
useful / fitting
top-tier academic journal (abbr. for 頂級期刊|顶级期刊)
angle at apex / summit angle / cusp
(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
(bird species of China) chestnut-capped babbler (Timalia pileata)
to buy a struggling business and keep it going; to take over a business
to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate / to pose under a false name
(slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量)
roof / lid
to fill a vacancy / to substitute for
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
housetop / roof
set-top box
to be of use
an arched roof / a dome / a vault
screw jack
out-and-out / thoroughly
(bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
impersonator / impostor
to do a handstand
to do a handstand
to replace
one's immediate superior
ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project)
summit / crest
(bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
canopy / roof / ceiling
(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
thimble
to take the blame / to be a scapegoat / to carry the can
Kanting township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan

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