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HSK
to grow up
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *長* | 長* | *長
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *長* | 長* | *長
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
long distance / long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话) / long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车)
HSK 4
length
HSK 5
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
to extend as long as / to lengthen out to
HSK 7-9
to be effective over an extended period
HSK 7-9
appearance / looks / profile / countenance
HSK 7-9
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门
Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)
(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)
an elder; a senior
Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
strip
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
Changling County in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes
Changbin or Changpin township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
eldest daughter
long and difficult trek
(bird species of China) long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)
rectangle
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
trousers
long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
to be adept in / to excel at
long poem
Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
long life
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
length and width; size; dimensions
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
Changting, a county in Longyan 龍岩市|龙岩市, Fujian
Nagano prefecture, Japan
(Western) concert flute
giraffe / CL: 隻|只
boot
Nagasaki, Japan
lengthy (report or speech)
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan
novel
to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
pike / CL:
promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园
woolly mammoth
Changhong (brand)
long term
chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:
long-distance phone call
all the year round
Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州, Zhejiang
flask
two-character surname Zhangsun
eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son
to grow up
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西
eldest son
Changfeng, a county in Hefei 合肥, Anhui
tusk
to grow teeth; to teethe / growing teeth
immortality
(bird species of China) long-billed wren-babbler (Napothera malacoptila)
long-term
line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue
to gain knowledge and experience
(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
a long talk
Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang
Presbyterianism
Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
(textiles) plush
Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡
to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels)
loquacious / to have a loose tongue
trombone
better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
Changsha county in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan

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