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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
紙 zhǐ	紙 \| 紙* \| *紙	paper / CL: 張｜张, 沓 / classifier for documents, letter etc	纸

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
文房四寶 wénfángsìbǎo	文房四寶 \| 文房四寶* \| *文房四寶	Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆｜笔, 墨, 紙｜纸 and 硯｜砚 / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)	文房四宝


帋 zhǐ	帋 \| 帋* \| *帋	variant of 紙｜纸	纸


任命 rènmìng	任命 \| 任命* \| *任命	to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙｜纸	HSK 6

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