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condition; state; state of affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
form; shape / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
condition; state; situation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
current situation
HSK 5
symptom (of an illness)
HSK 6
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit
HSK 7-9
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(bound form) form; appearance; shape / (bound form) state; condition / (bound form) to describe / (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit / (bound form) certificate
(anatomy) thyroid gland
coronary (i.e. relating to the coronary arteries or veins) / crown-shaped
nature (i.e. properties of sth) / character
devastation / miserable condition
prize certificate; certificate of merit
annular / toroidal / loop-shaped / ring-like
lump
adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause)
sphere
needle-shaped
bar chart
stratified / bedded (geology)
to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo
previous condition / original state
to express / to describe
charges or facts about a crime / the nature of the offense
lens / crystalline lens
fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
thread-like
scaly / squamous
to sue / to take to court / to file a lawsuit
indictment / plea / complaint
candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元
unusual condition / something odd / strange shape
upon seeing this, ... / in response, ...
indescribable / beyond description
gluey / gelatinous / colloid (chemistry)
situation / circumstances
(anatomy) parathyroid gland
candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
convulsed with fear (idiom)
written confession
indescribable (joy) / inexpressible (pleasure)
netted veins / reticulated veins (of a leaf etc) / stockwork (geology)
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)
symptom (of a disease)
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
board-shaped
linear
novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒|新型冠状病毒) (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)
writ
(literary) brief obituary / one's past experience / one's past record / Taiwan pr. [xing4 zhuang4]
wave-shaped
bowed / curved like a bow
to restore sth to its original state
arch / vault / arched
coronavirus
to present (a document) / to submit (a petition)
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
economic situation
military order
COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019
crystalline
standard conditions for temperature and pressure
mental state / psychological condition
Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
dendritic cell
climatic conditions / atmospheric conditions
rhizome (biol.) / root stock
globe
goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
rotavirus
hypnosis
emotional state
pie chart
(geology) pillow lava
parathyroid (Tw)
counterclaim
ribbon cable
vegetative state (i.e. in a coma)
globular protein
hyperthyroidism / abbr. to 甲亢
floccule / a wisp of material precipitated from liquid
filament
filovirus
tense situation / standoff
Crab Nebula
coronary artery
spiral-shaped
shapeless
undulant fever / brucellosis
spongy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease
charter
onomatopoeia
circular standing stones
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
stony
critical state / criticality
foliated / striated into thin leaves

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