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aviation
HSK 4
(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
HSK 4
astronaut
HSK 6
space flight
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) to navigate
HSK 7-9
to sail the seas / maritime navigation / voyage
HSK 7-9
shipping / transport
HSK 7-9
to sail / to fly / to navigate
HSK 7-9
astronaut
HSK 7-9
China Southern Airlines
civil aviation
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
space flight
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  *航* | 航* | *航
boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly
flight; voyage / distance traveled / range (of an airplane or ship)
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
waterway / ship channel
to cruise
connected by air, sea traffic or service
Hainan Airlines
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
air or shipping route
to return to the point of departure
model plane or ship
a naval escort / to convoy
(of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged
navigation / navigator / to navigate
China Airlines (Taiwan) / abbr. for 中華航空公司|中华航空公司
aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰)
airport / (shipping) port
to diverge (from one's bearing, flight path etc) / to go off course / to yaw
aerial photography (video or still)
wake (of ship) / flight path
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
speed (of ship or plane)
air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL: 個|个
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
Japan Airlines (JAL) (abbr. for 日本航空)
to fly or sail direct (to ...)
course / direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
to stop running (of flight of shipping service) / to suspend service (flight, sailing) / to interrupt schedule
off course / lost (of ship or plane) / having lost one's way
China United Airlines, abbr. for 中國聯合航空|中国联合航空
buoy / channel marker / signal light
air show
to set out (on a trip)
to be airworthy / to be seaworthy
chart
airport (abbr. for 航空港)
Air France
to return to port
airline emblem / travel company seal
Lufthansa (German airline) / abbr. for 德國漢莎航空公司|德国汉莎航空公司
Air France
Japan Airlines (JAL)
Green Dam, content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. for 綠壩·花季護航|绿坝·花季护航)
Delta Air Lines, Inc., airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
Malaysia Airlines
American Airlines
air terminal
aircraft carrier (CL:) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
cruise missile
Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline
airport terminal
to set sail on a voyage to a distant place / (fig.) to undertake a great mission
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
(idiom) to safeguard (sth) / to protect (sth)
NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government
spacesuit
space shuttle
China Eastern Airlines
aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰)
navigator
Air China Ltd.
aviation industry
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
Emirates (airline)
escort vessel
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
American Airlines
Air India (abbr.)
space center
airmail letter
Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角, Florida
airline / CL:
air rights
Air Waybill (AWB)
airmail
space agency
China Air Transport Association (CATA)
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS / abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯
Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline
flight schedule
aviation industry
satellite navigation / sat-nav

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