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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
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) / immediate / straightforward
HSK 2
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
Strait of Gibraltar
categorical proposition (logic)
direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
HSK 7-9
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
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
intuition
HSK 7-9
diameter
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt
direct object (grammar)
to go straight to / to make a beeline for
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
direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward
to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc); (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
to look straight at
HSK 7-9
to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing
lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
straight guy
straight hair
to connect directly to
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
direct flight
directly subordinate
histogram
a right angle
to stare angrily or vacantly
going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
intuitiveness
to speak one's mind
direct distillation
data-direct (in LAN emulation)
intuition / direct feeling or understanding
straightforward
studio for live streaming / a live stream
to record faithfully
erect / upright / vertical
interpreter (computing)
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
direct tax
(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
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
direct ancestor
(coll.) forthright person
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
helipad
directly related
blunt / outspoken
straight ruler
staring blankly
(table tennis) penhold grip
a kind of a robe
completely straight
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
through train
to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
to face (reality, danger etc)
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
vertical setting (printing)
direct current
through train
to wait until / until
straight and smooth (hair etc)
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
Gibraltar
(of a connector etc) inline
(slang) male chauvinism
(Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
a straightforward honest account
next of kin / immediate dependant
direct descendant / blood relative
a set square (carpenter's tool)
straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
even now / until now / right up to the present
rigid / stiff
direct product (in set theory)
to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
direct election
shoe that can be worn on either foot
Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore
straightforward / outspoken
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
to soar into the sky
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
literal translation

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