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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
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
until
HSK 3
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) / immediate / straightforward
HSK 2
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
company-owned store; store directly operated by the parent company (as opposed to one run by a franchisee, agent or distributor)
proctoscope (medicine)
shoe that can be worn on either foot
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
studio for live streaming / a live stream
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
intuition
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt
diameter
HSK 7-9
to go straight to / to make a beeline for
HSK 7-9
direct current
next of kin / immediate dependant
literal translation
to connect directly to
lasting until / up till (the present)
HSK 7-9
to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
categorical proposition (logic)
to look straight at
HSK 7-9
rectum (anatomy)
direct competitor / direct competition
lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
a straightforward honest account
to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
straight hair
straight guy
to record faithfully
even now / until now / right up to the present
intuitiveness
blunt / outspoken
direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
HSK 7-9
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
straight as an arrow
a set square (carpenter's tool)
everyday robe worn at home in ancient times / robe worn by priests, monks and scholars
(neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
hair straightener
through train
a right angle
direct election
direct tax
to stare angrily or vacantly
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right
to speak one's mind
direct descendant / blood relative
intuition / direct feeling or understanding
straightforward
erect / upright / vertical
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
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
data-direct (in LAN emulation)
direct object (grammar)
frank and outspoken (idiom)
Strait of Gibraltar
straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
to govern directly
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
direct ancestor
going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
directly related
straight ruler
staring blankly
(table tennis) penhold grip
a kind of a robe
completely straight
directly subordinate
to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc); (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
to face (reality, danger etc)
to soar into the sky
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
vertical setting (printing)
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
through train (or bus)
to wait until / until
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
(of a connector etc) inline
(slang) male chauvinism
(Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
to speak one's mind / to speak candidly (idiom)
Gibraltar
rigid / stiff
a set square (carpenter's tool)
(coll.) forthright person
straight and smooth (hair etc)
through train
straightforward / outspoken
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
linear accelerator

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