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representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
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  *站* | 站* | *站
station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website
HSK 1
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  *受* | 受* | *受
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom
HSK 3
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  *指* | 指* | *指
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
HSK 3
to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
unbearable / unable to endure / can't stand
HSK 4
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  *台* | 台* | *台
platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines
HSK 3
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  *替* | 替* | *替
to substitute for / to take the place of / to replace / for / on behalf of / to stand in for
HSK 4
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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
HSK 7-9
to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
HSK 3
(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
HSK 7-9
to stand out / outstanding
HSK 7-9
cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely
HSK 7-9
one night stand
cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely
to stand / standing / on one's feet
HSK 7-9
you're welcome / don't mention it / no need to stand on ceremony
to withstand / to stand up to
to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience
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  *隔* | 隔* | *隔
to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of
HSK 4
to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
HSK 6
shelf / frame / stand / framework / airs / arrogance
HSK 7-9
to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions
to stand in a circle and watch
parking spot / unloading point / garage place / stand for taxi
HSK 7-9
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
(loanword) talk show / stand-up comedy
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing)
HSK 7-9
to lift one's heels; to stand on tiptoe; (sports) to do a calf raise
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  *立* | 立* | *立
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
HSK 5
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
to stand out clearly; to make prominent
HSK 7-9
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
to resist / to make a stand and fight (against)
HSK 7-9
to come to a stand / to stop
not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
HSK 7-9
nowadays / at present / as things stand
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  *戳* | 戳* | *戳
to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal
HSK 7-9
to stand out among one's peers (idiom) / to excel
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  *摊* | 摊* | *摊
to spread out / vendor's stand
HSK 7-9
stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else
HSK 7-9
to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view / acute foresight
conspicuous / to make sth stand out / make sth prominent
to stand guard over / (security) guard
to stand by (sb) (idiom) / steadfast loyalty
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
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  *搁* | 搁* | *搁
to bear; to stand; to endure / Taiwan pr. [ge1]
to stand sb up / to bail on sb
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands
to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up
to declare one's position / to say where one stands
HSK 7-9
to stand / to have a footing / to be established / to base oneself on
HSK 7-9
display counter / stand / booth
to stand by and watch; to look on passively
(coll.) to stand sb up / to fail to honor an agreement
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) / fig. seething in anger / raise one's hackles
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
to stand firm / to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
to stand aside and do nothing (idiom) / to take no part in
platform / stand
a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
to stand tall / to tower aloft
HSK 7-9
(to stand or move) sideways
Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist / Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money
to show one's colors / to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible
(idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs
lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate; fragile
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
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  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
to stand firm

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