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  *層* | 層* | *層
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers
HSK 2
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
basic level / grassroots unit / basement layer
HSK 7-9
social class
HSK 7-9
ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
HSK 7-9
a coal bed / a coal seam
double tier / double decker
layer upon layer
middle-ranking
low level
floor; story (of a building)
deep layer / deep; deep-seated; underlying
lamination / layering / stratification / delamination
protective layer / coating
fault (geology) (CL:) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional
upper layer
atmosphere
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine
stratum (geology)
surface layer
internal layer
stratosphere
ionosphere
cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
physical layer
ozone layer
link layer
presentation layer
troposphere / lower atmosphere
aquifer
outer layer / outer shell
transport layer
cortex
permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
stratum corneum (outermost layer of the skin)
ore stratum / vein of ore
tightly packed / closely layered
stratosphere
alluvial deposit / alluvium
layer of soil / ground level
germ layer / layer of tissue in embryology
underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
normal fault (geology)
network layer
vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
mesosphere / upper atmosphere
rock strata
ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
layer
Sial
sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust
troposphere / lower atmosphere
multilayered / multilevel / multistory
electron shell (in the atom)
the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc
layered / stratified
thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella
single layer / single story / single deck / single level
dermis
mesosphere
duplex (apartment)
social class
top floor / the top of a building
ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy
cladding / covering (on a fiber)
layer (imaging)
physical layer (OSI)
trophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus) / trophoderm
San Andreas Fault, California
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
boundary layer
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
MAC layer
valency shell (chemistry)
coherent sheaf (math.)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
synchronous digital hierarchy / SDH
ground floor / first floor
layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
thermosphere
sublayer
rock stratum
variant of 岩層|岩层 / rock strata
salaried class
application layer (computing)
exosphere
data link layer
the sun's corona
alluvium (soil deposited by rivers)
thermosphere
thermosphere
repeated layers / stratified / laminated / stacked / piled strata
course (i.e. building layer)
magnetosphere / magnetic layer
lamina / lamella / lamination
network link layer
San Andreas Fault, California / also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层

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