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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *总* | 总* | *总
general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *编* | 编* | *编
to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up
HSK 4
to edit / to compile / editor / compiler
HSK 5
to establish (a unit or department) / staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)
HSK 6
to weave / to plait / to compile / to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
to number / numbering / serial number
HSK 7-9
postal code / zip code
HSK 7-9
to compile
HSK 7-9
to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter
HSK 7-9
editor in chief
HSK 7-9
to arrange / to lay out
HSK 7-9
to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up
HSK 7-9
to code / to encode / code
(computing) to program / programming
to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
to compile / collection; compilation
to compile (an encyclopedia etc)
to compile / to write
to compile anew; new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization)
to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
to compose (music) / arrangement
to organize / to put together / to edit
variant of 匯編|汇编
to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
to organize into groups / marshalling
wickerwork
editor; compiler
to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
to copy-edit / copy editor
(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization (abbr. for 統一編號|统一编号)
chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑
to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff
(publishing) (abbr. for 美術編輯|美术编辑) layout and graphics / graphic design / art editor / graphic designer
editor in charge (abbr. for 責任編輯|责任编辑)
selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology
annals / chronicle
to make a catalogue / catalogue / list
to incorporate into one's troops / to weave in
straw weaving
to revise
set of bells (old Chinese music instrument)
to make things up / to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
to compile and print / to publish
to fabricate (a story)
to compile / to edit
choreography / choreographer
sequel / continuation (of a serial publication)
to compile in collaboration with / to merge and reorganize (army units etc)
to select and edit / to compile
to form into columns / to organize into teams / formation (of ships or aircraft)
concise edition; abridged edition; compendium
to weave / to plait
to select and edict / to edit extracts
in the style of annals / chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
to compile and edit
to arrange in order / to compile / to prepare (a budget, project etc)
fixed allocation
lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
to arrange things in sequence / sequence in which things are arranged
editor's note
postal code / zip code
editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer)
editor (software)
assembly language
to crochet
editing
editor's commentary
musical instrument consisting of a set of chime stones suspended from a beam and struck as a xylophone
to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups
editor in charge
encoder
to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel
programmable
chief editor (of newspaper)
editorial office
application programming interface (API)
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
woven palm fiber (used in handicraft) / coir / woven coconut fiber
having a permanent post / part of the official staff
woven fabric
compiler
(publishing) layout and graphics / graphic design / art editor / graphic designer
binary code / binary encoding
random lies and falsehoods
(computing) to hard code; hard-coded
(computing) cross-compiler
(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization
coding system
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
coded character set
editor / compiler
(old) books
(Tw) triplicate uniform invoice, a type of receipt 統一發票|统一发票 issued to a business or organization with a VAT identification number or 統一編號|统一编号
complete edition
EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
Punycode (encoding for internationalized domain names) (abbr. for 國際化域名編碼|国际化域名编码)
text editor

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