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HSK
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HSK 2
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short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
short pants / shorts
HSK 3
short term / short-term
HSK 3
shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points
HSK 3
short film / video clip
HSK 6
of short duration; brief; momentary
HSK 7-9
shortage
HSK 7-9
dachshund / basset hound
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
short piece; article; short essay
short play; sketch; skit / (neologism c. 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)
(bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
short term
short distance / a stone's throw away
short circuit
(usually fig.) shortsighted / myopic
to die young / short-lived
to be short of the full amount
sock
short story
to give short weight
narrow and shallow
short pass (in ball game)
short garment / short jacket
short range
short training course
shortwave (radio)
good prospects in the short term (finance)
alligator
short-sighted / suicide
short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice)
to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of
sprint (race)
(of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
stocky (short and robust)
temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker
short takeoff and landing aircraft
sb who dies prematurely
ballad
short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
ankle boots
SMS / text message
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
(bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
clause
short video; video clip
short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming; weak point
dagger
short-term loan
to be focused on short-term gain
short position (finance)
the winter solstice
(bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
(bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
brief
to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
(bird species of China) streaked wren-babbler (Gypsophila brevicaudata)
(bird species of China) rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)
(bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
short-term storage / store
short term / short time
short-term financing
short wavelength
a geodesic
poor prospects in the short term (finance)
(bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
phrase (grammar)
(bird species of China) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)


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