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limited / finite
HSK 4
unlimited / unbounded
HSK 4
time limit / deadline / allotted time
HSK 4
to restrict / to limit / to confine / restriction / limit / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
limit / extreme boundary
HSK 7-9
upper bound
HSK 7-9
age limit / fixed number of years
HSK 7-9
to limit / to confine / to restrict sth within set boundaries
HSK 7-9
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  *限* | 限* | *限
to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound
HSK 7-9
to restrict to / to limit
HSK 7-9
variant of 局限
HSK 7-9
to be limited to / to be confined to
HSK 7-9
boundary
HSK 7-9
limitation / limit
HSK 7-9
to be limited / to be restricted / to be constrained
to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time
scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
to set a time limit / time limit / deadline
quadrant (in coordinate geometry)
time limit
speed limit
quota; limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota; to set a limit
lower bound
the limit / maximum / one's allocated lifespan
limit on price
doorsill
to extend (a deadline etc)
threshold
lowest limit / bottom line
limited company / corporation
limitations / (medicine) localized
(psychology) threshold / liminal
(of a product, service etc) free for a limited time (abbr. for 限時免費|限时免费)
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
to limit the amount a customer can buy
finite element (method)
R-rated
minimum
boundary / limit
determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
deadline / final time limit (for project)
The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) / fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory
to be limited to
grace period / period of grace
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. to 中石化
to have an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
joint-stock limited company / corporation
restriction enzyme
extreme sport
possessive (in grammar)
not confined
infinitesimal / infinitely small
lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
to exceed / to go beyond / to overstep the limit
restriction mapping (in genomics) / restriction pattern
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
intrusion; perimeter breach / (esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks
Poly Technologies (defense manufacturing company)
Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)
semi-infinite
lifetime / length of life
to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave
to be limited to
cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall
deadline
wage ceiling
maximum amount / ceiling / upper limit / quota
finite element method
finite element (method)
finite group (math.)
finite set
(finance) daily trading limit, the maximum allowed price fluctuation of a stock or security in a trading day
limit up, limit down / limit on daily price variation
limitless / unrestricted
infinitesimal / infinite decimal expansion
indefinitely; of unlimited duration
first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)
confidence limit (math.)
(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination / (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy / the rich live in another world / (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力)
unrestricted warfare (originally the title of a Chinese book published in 1999, later used to refer to war by any means, military or non-military, including cyberwarfare, economic warfare etc)
mail to be delivered by a specified time
boundary / dividing line
to restrict the use of motor vehicles (in a particular area)
height restriction barrier


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