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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
public relations
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
surname Guan
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
jaw / mandibular joint
entrance hall; vestibule
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
judicial authorities
Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
to crash through a barrier
administrative authority / branch of government
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
of great concern
to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
to declare at customs
the gates of hell
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
customs inspection (at frontier)
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
end of the year
area outside a city gate
matter of life and death
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市, Henan
Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
financial organization
pun / play on words
to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
(Buddhism) to sit in contemplation
governing body of an autonomous territory
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
customs house (in ancient times)
Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
to be of vital interest
to enter a pass / to go through customs
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
legislature
to be stuck / to feel stuck
main switch
ignition switch
to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注)
civil service
to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for
closely related
microswitch
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
vitally important / a matter of life and death
government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office
negative correlation
public security bureau
half-open, half closed
abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院, University of International Relations, Beijing
a make-or-break matter / a matter of life and death
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
variant of 叩關|叩关
positive correlation
pneumatic switch
customs clearance
to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
the press / the media
to see through a trick
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
inbound customs (international trade)
(Communist) Party and government organizations


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