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HSK
preparation / to prepare / to intend / to be about to / reserve (fund)
HSK 1
accurate; exact; precise
HSK 2
standard; norm; criterion / (adjective) standard / good; correct; conforming to a standard
HSK 3
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  *准* | 准* | *准
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
HSK 3
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  *准* | 准* | *准
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
HSK 3
to approve; to ratify
HSK 3
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
to take aim at; to target
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
norm / standard / criterion
HSK 7-9
(surveying) datum / standard; criterion; benchmark
HSK 7-9
to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
HSK 7-9
to allow / to grant / to permit
HSK 7-9
not to allow / to forbid / to prohibit
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 沒準|没准
HSK 7-9
reserve fund
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
to calibrate
to grant / to approve / to permit
to obtain permission
front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
to identify clearly / to make sure of / to believe firmly
to guarantee / reliable / for sure
access / admittance
to authorize / to investigate then ratify
brigadier general; commodore
in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow
definite and reliable information
(physiognomy) the tip of the nose
(coll.) accuracy
directrix line of a parabola / guide line
certainly
request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth
to be valid; to count / authentic
to approve / to permit / approval / permission
variant of 保准
variant of 一準|一准
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
accurate / exact / precise / precision
accuracy
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
evidence (that one can rely on) / grounds (for believing sth)
not sure / maybe
to be ready
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
on time; on schedule
technology standard
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
to comply with a standard / standards-compliant
gauge
standard conditions for temperature and pressure
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
mother-to-be
Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC)
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
access to markets
Jungar Banner in Ordos 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯, Inner Mongolia
(statistics) standard deviation
standard / norm / criterion
to observe and make sure / to check
unable to say / can't say precisely
par (golf)
to prepare / to make adequate preparation
nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
standard language
not up to scratch; subpar; off; gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark
Standard Model (of particle physics)
standard (hotel) room / two-person room of standard size and amenities / abbr. to 標間|标间
Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
reserve requirement (finance)
to watch for an opportunity / to see one's chance to
geoid
ready at any moment
standard time
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN) / German Institute for Standardization
official portrait
semifinal
forbidden / not allowed
international human rights norms
deposit-reserve ratio
standardization
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
imprecise
CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
to make preparations
values / standards
completely unprepared
birth permit
(exam) admission ticket
CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
Guo Biao or GB, the standard PRC encoding, abbr. 國標碼|国标码
(drug etc) approval number
applicable anywhere (idiom)
accounting standards council
telescopic sight; scope (on a rifle)
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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