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HSK
because / owing to / on account of
HSK 2
cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
thus; consequently; as a result
HSK 3
therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ...
HSK 5
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  *因* | 因* | *因
cause / reason / because
HSK 6
element / factor / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
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  *囙* | 囙* | *囙
old variant of
HSK 6
gene (loanword)
HSK 7-9
varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
HSK 7-9
to attribute; to ascribe
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
heroin (loanword)
to respond accordingly to / to adapt to / to cope with
Internet
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
cocaine (loanword)
genetic mutation
cause of disease / pathogen
karma / cause and effect
cause / factor / cause of formation
factor (of an integer) / divisor
caffeine (loanword)
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
main reason
antecedents
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor; divisor
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
Klein or Kline (name) / Felix Klein (1849-1925), German mathematician
(Buddhism) retribution / karma
to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom) / a blessing in disguise
dyne (loanword)
Indra (a Hindu deity)
Maine, US state
mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined / interdependent
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
Des Moines, capital of Iowa
to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)
(idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
Stein (name) / Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia
simply because / all because
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
prime factor (in arithmetic)
Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003
cause / triggering factor / incentive / inducement
starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)
(idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works.
cause / origin
codeine (loanword)
factorization
to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart
to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism)
to follow a set routine
Lewin (name) / Kurt Lewin (1890-1944), German-American psychologist of the Gestalt school known for his field theory of behavior
dependent variable
for this reason
common factor / common divisor (of a math. expression)
(Tw) (math.) dependent variable
to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines
to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities
(idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
Saddam Hussein
to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate
immediate cause / proximate cause
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) / title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
(loanword) meme
motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent
highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore...
indirect cause / remote cause
factor / divisor (of a math. expression)
(loanword) combine (i.e. combine harvester)
in the course of doing one's work / on business
cause of death
for some reason
decaffeinated / decaf
Innsbruck, city in Austria
(Buddhism) good karma
environmental factor
allele (one of two paired gene in diploid organism)
genome
meme (loanword)
(genetics) locus
Mainz (city in Germany)
Human Genome Project
unknown cause of death
lidocaine (loanword)
because of this
gene bank
impact factor (of an academic journal)
attribution theory (psychology)
physical and chemical factors
cytokine
complementary factor
(math.) common factor
Calvin Klein CK (brand)
Inuit

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