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HSK
police; police officer
HSK 3
to observe; to watch; to survey
HSK 3
to inspect / to observe and study / on-the-spot investigation
HSK 4
to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate
HSK 7-9
to supervise / to control
HSK 7-9
to inspect / an investigation
HSK 7-9
to investigate a crime / to scout / to reconnoiter / reconnaissance / detection / a scout
HSK 7-9
to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect
HSK 7-9
to watch / to look carefully at
HSK 7-9
to reconnoiter / to explore / to survey
Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
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short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔
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to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident
to see clearly
to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting)
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Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
to supervise / to superintend / inspector / censorship
to sense / to perceive / to come to realize / to be aware
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
to note clearly / to perceive
Podgorica, capital of Montenegro
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
to fail in observing or supervising / to miss / to let sth slip through
to experience / to observe
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
to investigate / to examine closely
to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source
Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection)
surname Kostunica / Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, last president of Yugoslavia 2000-2003, prime minister of Serbia 2004-2008
keenly observant of trivial details
to investigate (old)
insight
to observe carefully
public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
prosecutor's office / procuratorate
observer
to interrogate / to examine
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
Constanta (city in Romania)
Chagatai (died 1241), a son of Genghis Khan
to see everything clearly
secret police
clean / spotless
traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance
traffic police
criminal police / member of the criminal police
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
riot police / riot squad
Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997)
Criminal Investigation Bureau
supervisor / monitor / watchdog
Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces
(Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption
Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
Control Yuan, a watchdog under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
inspection team
border police
Shanxi 山西, Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔 and Hebei 河北 (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)
investigation team / scientific expedition
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
civil police / PRC police
Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
(idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
a scout / spy
detective / investigator / scout / spy
investigatory
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
(Tw) Prosecutor-General
on-site inspection
police station / police department / police headquarters
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
plain-clothed policeman
credit watch
surveillance aircraft / spy plane
Gangcha County (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
to investigate and accept
to examine
Srebrenica, town in Bosnia-Herzegovina
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
Ulanqab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police
Royal Hong Kong Police Force (1969-1997)
inspection office / supervisory office
Ministry of Supervision (MOS)
censorship brigade (PRC)
supervisory group
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)

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