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independent / independence / to stand alone
HSK 4
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
unique; distinctive
HSK 4
alone
HSK 4
lonely / solitary
HSK 6
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alone / independent / single / sole / only
HSK 7-9
exclusive
HSK 7-9
only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique
HSK 7-9
(in singing) solo / to solo
HSK 7-9
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
original
to own exclusively; unique to; specific / there is only
solitary
Taiwan independence / (of Taiwan) to declare independence
only (child); without siblings / to be the sole survivor
to come up with (an innovation) / innovation
(of a building) detached
two-character surname Dugu
to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
solo dance
to have unique (talent, insight etc)
(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
to have all to oneself; to monopolize
solo
Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou
lone wolf
stage monologue / soliloquy
dictatorship
original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity
(idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself
to fight alone (idiom)
a son who is an only child
Tibetan Independence (movement) / abbr. for 西藏獨立運動|西藏独立运动
original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity
to be unconventional / independence of action
to preserve a proper behavior in private life
wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant
to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section
Dushanzi District of Karamay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市, Xinjiang
sole ruler / dictator
only / unique
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
to drink alone
lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding
to monopolize
to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
to surpass / to stand above the crowd
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
alone
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
dugout / canoe / kayak
Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体
to dominate (a market etc) / to monopolize
to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case
wheelbarrow / unicycle
only child / sole scion
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
one family courtyard
Drung or Dulong ethnic group of northwest Yunnan
only / solely / this one alone
not only / not merely
to hog / to keep everything for oneself
to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
all by oneself / without exterior help
to walk alone (idiom)
lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on
to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
variant of 獨占|独占
to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight
dictator / autocrat
sudoku (puzzle game)
a daughter who is an only child
The Independent
to be divorced
unification and independence
(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU (abbr. to 獨顯|独显)
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
a son who is an only child
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
a daughter who is an only child
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology
one-eyed person
not only
cyclops
single-component character
(idiom) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
belonging exclusively to / exclusively for / reserved to / special
one-child policy
dependent

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