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  *刻* | 刻* | *刻
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
HSK 2
to portray
unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions
to brook no delay / to demand immediate action
stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing
disk burner
to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression
to inscribe
to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc
hardworking / assiduous
HSK 7-9
to study diligently
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
HSK 7-9
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
to make a conscious effort / to do something deliberately
block printed edition
notch
marked scale / graduated scale
assiduous and painstaking
engraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc)
to grab money / to exploit
harsh and merciless (idiom)
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
intentionally; deliberately; purposely / painstakingly; meticulously
HSK 7-9
dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
spiteful / venomous
engraved blocks (for printing)
(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
variant of 克日
variant of 克期
variant of 緙絲|缂丝


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