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crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
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key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin
HSK 5
keyboard
HSK 5
button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL: 個|个 / to press a button
HSK 7-9
to key in; to input; to enter (some text)
hotkey / keyboard shortcut
(engineering) keyway; key slot
a piano key
electric key / switch
keyword
single bond (chemistry)
keyword
keycap
keyword
valence bond (chemistry)
hydrogen bond
(slang) to discuss politics online
peptide bond CO-NH / bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
key travel (of a keyboard)
covalent bond (chemistry)
pause button
space bar (keyboard)
triple bond (chemistry) / triple link
backspace (keyboard)
key performance indicator (KPI)
double bond (chemistry)
ionic bond (chemistry)
metallic bond
chroma key / bluescreen / greenscreen (video editing)
arrow key (on keyboard)
right arrow key (on keyboard)
(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)
a harpsichord
(computer) shortcut key / hotkey
up arrow key (on keyboard)
down arrow key (on keyboard)
disulfide (chemistry)
to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
chemical bond
left arrow key (on keyboard)
keypad tone / key tone
sleep mode button (on the remote control of an air conditioner)
keyboard warrior
keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc)


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