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mayor
HSK 2
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to grow up
HSK 2
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  *長* | 長* | *長
length / long / forever / always / constantly
HSK 2
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  *長* | 長* | *長
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance
HSK 2
group leader
HSK 2
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
captain / team leader / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to mature / to grow / growth
HSK 3
to grow; to increase
HSK 3
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
to grow / to grow up / to be brought up
HSK 3
head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
good aspects / strong points
HSK 3
long distance
HSK 4
to prolong / to extend / to delay
HSK 4
bureau chief / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
length
HSK 5
regimental command / head of a delegation / group buy organizer; group-buying coordinator
HSK 5
very long / endless
HSK 5
factory director
HSK 5
captain (of a boat) / skipper
HSK 6
long-term / long-range
HSK 6
bureau chief
HSK 6
president of a club, committee etc
HSK 6
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
department head / section chief
HSK 6
long vacation
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
long-time; long-term / lasting; enduring; permanent / for a long time
HSK 6
one's elders / older generation
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
specialty / special knowledge or ability
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
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
appearance / looks / profile / countenance
HSK 7-9
slender / lanky / tall and thin
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
expedition / long journey
HSK 7-9
long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing)
HSK 7-9
proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom)
HSK 7-9
personal strength / one's special ability or strong points
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
HSK 7-9
overall length / span
HSK 7-9
for a long time
HSK 7-9
locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown
HSK 7-9
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
(derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)
long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
to grow hair / to become mildewed
Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省
(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
senior / older person
Evergreen (Group), Taiwan-based shipping and transportation conglomerate
Tianchang, a sub-prefecture-level city in Anhui
the summer solstice
strip
director general
older and younger / seniority
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
not improving; backward; below par
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
long life
chairman (of a legislative assembly) / speaker
Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區|长安区, a district of Xi'an
district chief
rectangle
Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省
trousers
what one is good at
long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
person in charge of a train station 車站|车站 (stationmaster), website 網站|网站 (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站 (center manager), etc
growth rate
Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
village chief / village head
senior or older male schoolmate
parent-teacher conference / parents' association
slender
senior official
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
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
length and width; size; dimensions
senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL: / sir (term of address for senior officer)
Changting county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian
wavelength
head of a committee
county's head commissioner

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