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bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
HSK 5
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
two-party system
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
two sides; both sides
HSK 6
hermaphrodite creature
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
dual; twofold
either side; both sides
HSK 4
Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
amphibian / amphibious animals
dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice
to polarize / polarization / polarized; divergent
twice as much / double the amount
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
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two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty (old)
HSK 1
both countries; the two countries
between the two countries; bilateral
both sides; either side
husband and wife
HSK 7-9
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
the year 2000 / 2000 years
equality between the sexes
innocent playmates
both sides (in contract) / the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
fortnight
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
polarization
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
twice / for a little while
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
to satisfy both sides / to accommodate both (demands)
(say) a few words
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
both sides
bicameralism / bicameral legislative system
heaven and earth / yin and yang
(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
class Amphibia / amphibians
dual-use
when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
two-faced person
both ends / both parties to a deal
Mesopotamian civilization
lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
two entirely different worlds; two contrasting realities
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes
husband and wife / couple
both of them; the two of them
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
bilateral symmetry
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
(chemistry) zwitterion
ability / skill
a step away / very close
two-pronged strategy
two-faced person / double-dealing
to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven
the Song dynasty (960-1279) / refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)
Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled
disparity between the sexes
not the same; different
Liangdang, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市, Gansu
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
nunchaku
sexual dimorphism
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
(Maoism) one divides into two
two distinct things
both parties (to a lawsuit) / plaintiff and defendant
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
two quite different things / two unrelated matters
the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
double-edged sword
shiny-leaf prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
name of the "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
(biology) class Amphibia
hermaphrodite flower
two-China (policy)
two Germanies / refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
to pay no attention to outside matters
bilateral talks
Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces

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