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to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
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  *挡* | 挡* | *挡
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
HSK 5
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to face / to turn towards / to incline to / geared towards / catering for / -oriented / facial feature / appearance / aspect / facet
HSK 6
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
neutral (gear)
park (gear) / program mode (on a digital camera)
(machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel)
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
appliance / utensil / gear / equipment
fishing gear
differential (gear)
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  *档* | 档* | *档
(Tw) gear (variant of 擋|挡)
(of uneven surfaces) to fit together / (of gear wheels) to mesh / (dentistry) occlusion / bite
(engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)
(of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage
to change gear
gear (of car etc)
police gear
to link / to peg (currency) / gang (gears) / continuously / serial verb construction
tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth
first gear
to put into gear / to engage the gear / gear change
gearbox / speed changer / gear
gear shift
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
(engineering) hobbing (process used in manufacturing gears)
gear-shaping
automatic transmission / auto gear shift
(neologism c. 2021) underachieving students tend to buy lots of stationery; (fig.) all the gear and no idea
fixie; fixed-gear bicycle
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
differential gear
pinion gear
reverse gear
transmission ratio / gear ratio
to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself
practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations
gear / gear speed
travel equipment / travel gear
gear lever
gear lever / stick shift
gears (in a car)
low gear / bottom gear
single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle
manual gear change / shift stick
(Tw) to change gears
to coast along in neutral gear (in a car) / (coll.) to go commando
neutral gear
automatic gear change
worm-gear pair / worm drive / worm and worm gear
forward gear
to change gear
(finance) leverage / gearing
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
(of a car) to slip out of gear / to pop out of gear
top gear; high gear
gear drive


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