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area / place / space / room / territory / CL: 處|处, 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 1
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
respect / aspect / field / side / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
HSK 2
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
direction; orientation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
east
HSK 2
convenient; suitable / to facilitate; to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself
HSK 2
north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
instant noodles
HSK 2
way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
the other person; the other side; the other party
HSK 3
bilateral / both sides / both parties involved
HSK 3
on the one hand
HSK 3
on the other hand / another aspect
HSK 3
plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
HSK 4
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square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
region / regional (away from the central administration) / local
HSK 4
policy / guidelines / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
far away / a distant location
HSK 6
ahead / the front
HSK 6
square meter
HSK 6
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
secret recipe
HSK 7-9
cubic meter (unit of volume)
HSK 7-9
medical prescription / to write out a prescription / (fig.) recommendation / advice
HSK 7-9
topolect / dialect
HSK 7-9
cube (math.) / abbr. for 立方體|立方体 / abbr. for 立方米
HSK 7-9
place above (it) / upper part (of it)
HSK 7-9
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
prescription
HSK 7-9
folk remedy / home remedy
HSK 7-9
all sides; all aspects / multifaceted
HSK 7-9
all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
steering wheel
HSK 7-9
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surname Fang
the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth
prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
(math.) equation
police
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
(raised to the) nth power
(old) Arabia / Arabian
Rubik's cube / magic cube
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang
military
in many ways / from all sides
ark
to cave in; to collapse; to have a landslide
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind
cube / cubic
all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions
square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
square / square-shaped
the rear / far behind the front line
where?
excavated soil and rock / construction spoil
party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方, party B)
Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山, Heilongjiang
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄 in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
cube; block; square / diamond ♦ (in card games)
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere
the eight points of the compass / all directions
Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
clear and square / neat / square (person)
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party
right-hand side
buyer (in contracts)
Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing
seller (in contracts)
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程) / (TCM) folk remedy
perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...
(idiom) all directions; all around
(medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
histogram
our side / one's own (side etc)
the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
ancient prescription
sugar cube
Fangshan county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
calcite (CaCO3 as rock-forming mineral)
credit side (of a balance sheet) / creditor / lender

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