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HSK
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) / immediate / straightforward
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *直* | 直* | *直
straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
HSK 3
until
HSK 3
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
diameter
HSK 7-9
direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
HSK 7-9
to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop
HSK 7-9
lasting until / up till (the present)
HSK 7-9
to go straight to / to make a beeline for
HSK 7-9
to look straight at
HSK 7-9
intuition
HSK 7-9
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt
directly subordinate
rectum (anatomy)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *直* | 直* | *直
surname Zhi / Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
to face (reality, danger etc)
a right angle
to lead directly to
literal translation
candid / frank
histogram
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
directly related
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
to say straightforwardly
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
straight hair
straightforward / outspoken
to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing
(table tennis) penhold grip
to speak one's mind
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
through train
to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
straight talk / straightforward words
staring blankly
to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose
to stare angrily or vacantly
(coll.) forthright person
straightforward
to stare blankly
completely straight
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
(of a connector etc) inline
straight as an arrow
direct competitor / direct competition
intuition / direct feeling or understanding
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
intuitiveness
even now / until now / right up to the present
(Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
Gibraltar
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
to wait until / until
direct current
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
hair straightener
direct descendant / blood relative
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
direct flight
direct product (in set theory)
Homo erectus
(neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
a straightforward honest account
going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
direct election
straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
studio for live streaming / a live stream
a set square (carpenter's tool)
straightforward
lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
to soar into the sky
linear accelerator
through train (or bus)
vertical setting (printing)
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
proctoscope (medicine)
rectangular coordinates
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
direct object (grammar)
to record faithfully
straight guy
direct ancestor
next of kin / immediate dependant
right-angled triangle
categorical proposition (logic)
to speak one's mind / to speak candidly (idiom)
blunt / outspoken
helipad
straight ruler

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