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  *省* | 省* | *省
to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
HSK 2
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
HSK 2
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  *造* | 造* | *造
to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops
HSK 3
lawful / legitimate / legal
HSK 3
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *应* | 应* | *应
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
HSK 4
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
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  *肥* | 肥* | *肥
fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure
HSK 4
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  *细* | 细* | *细
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
HSK 4
identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 的身份) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank
HSK 4
heroic / gallant / valiant
HSK 4
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
HSK 5
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
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  *胆* | 胆* | *胆
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
HSK 5
careful; attentive; cautious / to be careful; to look out / (dialect) thrifty; frugal
HSK 5
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
pirated / illegal / see also 正版
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *格* | 格* | *格
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *宗* | 宗* | *宗
school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
HSK 7-9
privately-run; private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally
HSK 7-9
illegal
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腾* | 腾* | *腾
(bound form) to gallop; to prance / (bound form) to soar; to hover / to make room; to clear out; to vacate / (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帆* | 帆* | *帆
to gallop / Taiwan pr. [fan2] / variant of
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
frugal; economical
HSK 7-9
unwilling to concede / defiant / indignant / to find it galling
HSK 7-9
nickname of Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
to defend (legal) rights
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *玲* | 玲* | *玲
(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants
black person / an illegal
to be at odds with / centrifugal (force)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *案* | 案* | *案
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蠲* | 蠲* | *蠲
to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede
Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦
a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
galvanized / zinc-coated
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呏* | 呏* | *呏
gallon / quart
galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *驰* | 驰* | *驰
to run fast / to speed / to gallop / to disseminate / to spread
Dakar, capital of Senegal
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  *葡* | 葡* | *葡
Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙
(of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
legal principle / jurisprudence
strong wind / gale
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镓* | 镓* | *镓
gallium (chemistry)
hardworking and frugal
legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
Bengal / Bangladesh
nightingale
to run quickly / to speed / to gallop
(loanword) curry
to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俭* | 俭* | *俭
(bound form) frugal; thrifty
law / legal studies
statutory; law-based; legal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薇* | 薇* | *薇
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
gall / bile
art gallery / decorated corridor
gale / squall / whole gale (meteorology)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骋* | 骋* | *骋
to hasten / to run / to open up / to gallop
illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靳* | 靳* | *靳
martingale / stingy
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞅* | 鞅* | *鞅
martingale (part of a horse's harness) / used in 鞅鞅
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Lisbon, capital of Portugal
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
gale / CL: 場|场
to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy
legal affairs / in-house legal counsel
lair; den (of illegal activities)
Ronaldo (name) / Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player
valiantly / gallantly
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
to squander money / extravagant / prodigal / free and easy / agile
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
two trees that grow together as one / fig. conjugal union
galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
valiantly / gallantly
lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career

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