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teaching material / CL:
HSK 3
(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
HSK 4
stature / build (height and weight) / figure
HSK 4
subject matter
HSK 5
wood
HSK 7-9
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
coffin / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
equipment / material
HSK 7-9
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
raw and semifinished materials
HSK 7-9
consumables / to consume raw materials
building materials
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material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of)
bar / rod
(idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
substrate
student of great ability
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect / (of a tree) to grow to full size / to become useful for timber
extruded profile
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
good timber / sound material / fig. able person / sound chap
idiot
pith / central core (of tree)
coffin
(of a person) short in stature
to collect material
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
(food) ingredient
variant of 人才
variant of 蠢材
capability / capable person
reference material / source documents
talent
worthless / good-for-nothing
bio-materials
outstandingly talented person
materials science
(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
composite material
principal or main material (engineering)
materials science
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
medium (art) (Tw)
fissionable material
great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability
radioactive material
evidence of material seen and heard / oral testimony
insulation
untalented / I / me (humble) / also written 不才
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
negative example / sth that teaches one what not to do
fissionable material
log
plywood
person of limited capacity
volume (of timber)
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
abrasive / grinding material


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