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cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
HSK 7-9
ensign / flag
HSK 7-9
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旗* | 旗* | *旗
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县 county / CL:
flagship
under the banner of
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
Manchu household register (during the Qing Dynasty)
flag
Manchu-style clothing
a flag carrier (army) / ensign
military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal; semaphore
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
(botany) vexillum; banner petal; standard petal (of a papilionaceous flower)
Manchurian foot soldier
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旂* | 旂* | *旂
flag / variant of
flagpole
Qijin or Chichin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
flag signals (for communicating between ships or army units); semaphore
Manchurian official
Manchurian soldier
flagship (store)
Manchu / bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners 八旗)
flag / banner / CL:
banner / width of a flag
Manchurian officer
Qijin or Chichin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
flag or banner


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