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HSK
(try to) overcome (hardships etc) / to conquer / to put up with / to endure
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *克* | 克* | *克
to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
HSK 2
to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
HSK 7-9
(biology) (loanword) to clone; a clone / (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc)
HSK 7-9
clone human
carat (mass) (loanword)
(idiom) industrious and frugal
(Tw) Tamiflu
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
Crimea
Karamay, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
KGB (Soviet secret police) / member of the KGB
the Kremlin
cream (loanword)
Kevin (name)
Chrysler (car manufacturer)
cloning technology
Crohn's disease
(name) Christine, Kristine, Kristen, Kristin etc / Christiane / Christian
Claude (name)
creole language
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剋* | 剋* | *剋
variant of / to subdue / to overthrow / to restrain
HSK 2
thrifty; frugal
to make do in difficult circumstances by being resourceful / (of circumstances) difficult / challenging / (of a budget) tight / (of a man-made thing) makeshift / rough and ready
Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
Cleveland
Republic of Croatia
(name) Clayton or Crichton
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
Crete
Krasnodar (city in Russia)
Claire (name)
Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
self-restraint / discipline / selflessness
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *剋* | 剋* | *剋
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
Qizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
Kashmir
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  *尅* | 尅* | *尅
variant of 剋|克
HSK 2
craton (loanword)
ketamine (loanword)
(name) Clark or Clarke
cloze (loanword) (Tw)
Clay (name)
clindamycin
red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish
Kaya or Karenni ethnic group of Myanmar
to dock / to deduct / to embezzle
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  *克* | 克* | *克
abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚, Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚, Croatia
Krasnoyarsk
Kedong, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
Crete
(Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚 Croatia
Krakow
Karamay District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市, Xinjiang
to set a date / to set a time frame / within a certain time limit
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
Keller or Köhler (name) / Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010
cretinism
(French place name) Clermont
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology)
Keshan, a county in Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市, Heilongjiang
to set a date / to set a time frame / within a certain time limit
to follow in one's father's footsteps
(place name) Claremont or Clermont
Klebsiella
Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border
krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword)
Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
Kevlar
xi (Greek letter Ξ, ξ)
Croatia
Kyzyl, capital of Tuva 圖瓦|图瓦
Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
Clare (name)
(Warren) Christopher
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Coxsackievirus
Cripps (name) / Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician
Crimea / the Crimean peninsula
nemesis / bane / fated to be ill-matched
Christopher (name)
Kizilgaha, site of a famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang
Croatia (Tw)
Krupp
pastry cream; crème pâtissière
Klein or Kline (name) / Felix Klein (1849-1925), German mathematician
Crimea / the Crimean peninsula
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
clotrimazole (antifungal agent)
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
Claus or Klaus (name)
Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
Kaya state of Myanmar

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