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HSK
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
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  *考* | 考* | *考
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
HSK 1
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to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
to test / to put to the test / trial / ordeal
HSK 3
to reflect on / to ponder over
HSK 4
consultation / reference / to consult / to refer
HSK 4
to think over / to consider / consideration
HSK 4
to inspect / to observe and study / on-the-spot investigation
HSK 4
to examine / to check up on / to assess / to review / appraisal / review / evaluation
HSK 5
to enter oneself for an examination
HSK 6
exam question
HSK 6
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
exam room
HSK 6
to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
HSK 6
to consider / to give serious consideration to sth / consideration
HSK 7-9
final exam
Cox (surname)
to examine; to investigate; to try to determine
unified examination
exam paper
to pass a university entrance exam
reference book
for reference only
to check up on sb's achievements
cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件)
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
questions from previous years' exams (Tw)
(exam) admission ticket
to take an exam
archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies
archaeology
preliminary round of imperial examinations / abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察, scientific exploration
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
mid-term exam
Ministry of Examination, Taiwan
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
entrance examination
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for 普通考試|普通考试)
inspection team
to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference
archaeologist
textual criticism
evaluation / to investigate and evaluate
final exam / to take an end-of-term exam / (Tw) college entrance exam (abbr. for 大學入學考試|大学入学考试)
to investigate / to inspect and study
to pass an exam
to proctor (an exam) / to invigilate
unified examination (e.g. across the country)
the exam area / the district where an exam takes place
to go and take an imperial examination
lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom) / fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
to check and correct
quiz
Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan
long life / life span
investigation team / scientific expedition
(archaic) (honorific) deceased father (esp. of an emperor)
Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王 who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝 of ancient China
Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position)
scientific exploration team / expedition
end of term examination
driving test
Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan
to investigate / to check and research / exquisite
to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam
an examiner (for tests, interviews etc) / (old) imperial examination official
honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather
to check attendance (at school or workplace) / to monitor efficiency (of workers)
entrance exam for senior middle school
rank, wealth, and long life
The Artificer's Record, a technology treaty compiled towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period
to go and sit an examination
to investigate / to study
the exam period / the exam date
under investigation / currently unknown
to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program
grade / exam mark
attendance record book
koala (loanword)
reference material / bibliography
to sit for a civil service exam
to take a test or exam for sb
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
for reference only
to finish an exam
Scott (name)
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考
well tested over a long period of time (idiom) / seasoned
reference ellipsoid (geodesy)
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
Kaposvár in southwest Hungary, capital of Somogy County 紹莫吉州|绍莫吉州
to pass (an exam)
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
to give sufficient consideration to
reference material / source documents

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