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HSK
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) / immediate / straightforward
HSK 2
(TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
HSK 3
until
HSK 3
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
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
helicopter / CL:
HSK 6
HSK 6
to go straight to / to make a beeline for
HSK 7-9
diameter
HSK 7-9
lasting until / up till (the present)
HSK 7-9
intuition
HSK 7-9
to look straight at
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
direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
HSK 7-9
interpreter (computing)
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
direct flight
intuition / direct feeling or understanding
categorical proposition (logic)
Gibraltar
through train
blunt / outspoken
Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
directly subordinate
straight as an arrow
erect / upright / vertical
to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly
to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
(Tw) recorder (musical instrument)
to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing
a right angle
to lead directly to
straight ruler
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
rectum (anatomy)
direct election
to advance directly toward (an enemy stronghold etc); (fig.) to directly target (the main objective)
literal translation
next of kin / immediate dependant
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
through train (or bus)
to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
to say straight out / to point out bluntly / to give a straightforward account / to disclose
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
Strait of Gibraltar
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
everyday robe worn at home in ancient times / robe worn by priests, monks and scholars
to govern directly
candid / frank
shoe that can be worn on either foot
histogram
Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
to speak one's mind / to speak candidly (idiom)
straight talk / straightforward words
lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
frank and outspoken (idiom)
(coll.) forthright person
to record faithfully
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
war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
straightforward / outspoken
Homo erectus
a set square (carpenter's tool)
to stare blankly
linear accelerator
direct distillation
to stare angrily or vacantly
a kind of a robe
a straightforward honest account
straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
to face (reality, danger etc)
(baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct; frank; upfront; blunt
(table tennis) penhold grip
even now / until now / right up to the present
to say straightforwardly
(of a connector etc) inline
studio for live streaming / a live stream
(neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
right-angled triangle
through train
direct product (in set theory)
to soar into the sky
to wait until / until
hair straightener
to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt
to speak one's mind
(slang) male chauvinism
vertical setting (printing)
to connect directly to
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
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
straight and smooth (hair etc)
direct ancestor
rectangular coordinates

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