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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
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
HSK 1
life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature (CL:個|个,條|条)
HSK 3
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
HSK 2
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  *厅* | 厅* | *厅
(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department
HSK 5
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  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
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  *点* | 点* | *点
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
dormitory / dorm room / living quarters / hostel / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
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  *开* | 开* | *开
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
touching / moving
HSK 3
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
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  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
to deposit money (in a bank etc) / bank savings / bank deposit
HSK 5
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  *沟* | 沟* | *沟
ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:
HSK 5
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  *川* | 川* | *川
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
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  *馋* | 馋* | *馋
gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving
HSK 7-9
(idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy
HSK 6
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  *云* | 云* | *云
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
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  *静* | 静* | *静
still / calm / quiet / not moving
HSK 3
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  *课* | 课* | *课
subject / course / CL: 門|门 / class / lesson / CL: , 節|节 / to levy / tax / form of divination
HSK 1
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  *瘾* | 瘾* | *瘾
addiction / craving
HSK 7-9
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  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
HSK 6
valley / ravine
HSK 6
Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陝西省|陕西省
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
Taiwan province (PRC term)
organism / living creature / life form / biological / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
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  *州* | 州* | *州
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
driving force
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
to carve / to engrave / carving
HSK 7-9
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  *占* | 占* | *占
to observe / to divine
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic
HSK 7-9
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
Anqing, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
Bijie, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省
living animals
Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
Jixi, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市 (abbr. to 魯|鲁)
Rizhao, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
Dechen County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州, Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道, South Korea
Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
to save money (in a bank) / savings
HSK 7-9
to doubt / to distrust / unconvincing / to puzzle over / misgivings / suspicions
HSK 7-9
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁
Quebec city, capital of Quebec province of Canada
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
Friesland, province of the Netherlands
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  *黑* | 黑* | *黑
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江
medicine and divination
Miluo River in Hunan province, tributary of the Xiang River 湘江, flows into Dongting Lake 洞庭湖
hesitation / misgivings / doubt
HSK 7-9
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
HSK 7-9
vinyl / vinyl group (chemistry)
polyvinyl chloride fiber / PRC brand name for PVC fiber
senior provincial official in imperial China
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼)
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  *客* | 客* | *客
customer; visitor; guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
not living up to expectations (idiom) / failing to inspire confidence among people / unpopular
Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
touching; moving
HSK 6
racing bicycle; racing car; sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
HSK 7-9
Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province 江西省
Shangrao, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc
to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake
HSK 7-9
one bedroom and one living room
Pingliang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news
HSK 7-9
habitat; living environment
people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会)
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  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
to satisfy a craving / to get a kick out of sth / gratifying / immensely enjoyable / satisfying / fulfilling
HSK 7-9
unswerving / unflinching
Changchun, sub-provincial city and capital of Jilin Province 吉林省
(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited
HSK 7-9
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
HSK 7-9
(historical) middle period of a tripartite provincial exam / half-time; intermission / (sports) midfield; midcourt / (sports) midfielder
ethylene / vinyl

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