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independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
alone
HSK 4
unique; distinctive
HSK 4
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alone / independent / single / sole / only
HSK 7-9
exclusive
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
(in singing) solo / to solo
HSK 7-9
to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
unicorn
wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
war of independence
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
to dominate (a market etc) / to monopolize
to own exclusively; unique to; specific / there is only
to have all to oneself; to monopolize
solo
solitary
to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding
monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
to come up with (an innovation) / innovation
original
a son who is an only child
dugout / canoe / kayak
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
a son who is an only child
alone
stage monologue / soliloquy
an only child
innovative; ingenious / originality; ingenuity
solo part (in opera) / soliloquy
original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity
(idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself
most outstanding / par excellence
only child / sole scion
(of a married woman) to stay home alone
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc) / to hold as one's personal fiefdom
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
solo dance
one family courtyard
one-eyed person
only (child); without siblings / to be the sole survivor
Declaration of Independence
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
sole ruler / dictator
alone
to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
only / unique
all by oneself / without exterior help
Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市, Xinjiang
a daughter who is an only child
autonomous body / independent system
Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
single-component character
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市, Xinjiang
to go one's own way (idiom); to act independently without asking others
narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
variant of 獨占|独占
(of a building) detached
to have unique (talent, insight etc)
a daughter who is an only child
to dominate over all others / to wield all the power / to reign supreme
to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant
(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. for 獨立顯卡|独立显卡)
Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
two-character surname Dugu
belonging exclusively to / exclusively for / reserved to / special
Drung or Dulong ethnic group of northwest Yunnan
loner; lone wolf
erhua variant of 獨院|独院
lone wolf
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. to 獨顯|独显)
cyclops
monazite
bold and courageous hero (idiom)
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
Independent Chinese PEN center
Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit
The Independent
second generation only child
to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight
incomparable / head and shoulders above the competition
to hog / to keep everything for oneself
a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
to monopolize
to monopolize a market
to project singular splendor or radiance / to perform brilliantly
to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial
single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path

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