| | important point; main point; focus / key (project etc) / to focus on; to put the emphasis on | HSK 2 |
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| | to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody | HSK 3 |
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| | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL: 陣｜阵 | HSK 3 |
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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 |
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| | element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) | HSK 6 |
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| | essential factor / key constituent | HSK 6 |
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| | low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile | HSK 7-9 |
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| | button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL: 個｜个 / to press a button | HSK 7-9 |
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| | joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase | HSK 7-9 |
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| | secret / trick / knack / key | HSK 7-9 |
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| | key strength / strong suit / specialty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem | HSK 7-9 |
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| | secret know-how / key (to longevity) / secret (of happiness) / recipe (for success) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills | |
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| | head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program | |
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| | (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post | |
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| | bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) | |
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| | key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind | |
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| | (computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard) | |
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| | (computer) shortcut key / hotkey | |
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| | key job / important position | |
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| | key / also pr. [yao4] | |
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| | critical juncture / key moment | |
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| | (dialect) key / Taiwan pr. [suo3 shi5] | |
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| | important substance (of a document) / key section | |
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| | axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) | |
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| | melody / pitch or key (music) / tone / style / point of view | |
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| | hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) | |
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| | lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts | |
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| | strategic location; important hub / key post; prominent position | |
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| | commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) | |
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| | a piano key | |
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| | USB key used as a security token in Chinese online banking | |
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| | tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation | |
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| | main key (of a musical composition) / keynote (speech) | |
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| | notes / key (to exercises) | |
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| | to key in; to input; to enter (some text) | |
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| | (mechanics) cold treatment / to downplay; to handle in a low-key way | |
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| | trusted assistant; key aide | |
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| | xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) | |
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| | key task / important affair | |
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| | master key / skeleton key / passkey | |
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| | to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial) | |
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| | tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à) / (music) key signature | |
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| | falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote | |
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| | major key (in music) | |
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| | the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success | |
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| | out of tune / off-key | |
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| | key word | |
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| | key and lock / (fig.) strategic place | |
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| | (literary) key location / key post (important job) | |
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| | confidential aspects of a matter / secrets / key moment for action | |
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| | laryngopharynx / fig. a key position | |
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| | key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone | |
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| | the key trick / the secret of success | |
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| | spoon / key | |
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| | One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) | |
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| | Steven (name) / Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe | |
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| | tonic triad / triad of the home key | |
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| | important road / main thoroughfare / fig. key position | |
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| | flute / key | |
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| | key participant / VIP | |
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| | golden rule / key principle | |
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| | key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious) | |
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| | Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍｜护国军, which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱｜袁世凯, who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor | |
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| | electric key / switch | |
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| | lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) / fig. to occupy all key points (military) | |
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| | off-key singing voice / sb who sings off-key | |
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| | to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom) | |
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| | to key in / to input | |
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| | (of a voice) husky / hoarse / affected / (music) to go off-key | |
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| | fraction (of a distillate) / key (one component part of a distillate) | |
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| | the key (to solving a problem etc) / (Tw) (cryptography) key | |
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| | (music) off-key; out of tune | |
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| | lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared | |
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| | to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key | |
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| | to pixelate an image / to key in captcha authentication codes | |
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| | to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director) | |
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| | (engineering) keyway; key slot | |
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| | key performance indicator (KPI) | |
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| | Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation | |
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| | lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them) | |
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| | up arrow key (on keyboard) | |
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| | down arrow key (on keyboard) | |
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| | prime, key or main suspect (law) | |
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| | to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully | |
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| | Allen key / hex key | |
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| | (cryptography) public key | |
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| | public key (in encryption) | |
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| | right arrow key (on keyboard) | |
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| | National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law) | |
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| | State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government) | |
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| | key point; crux / (finance) basis point, abbr. to 基點｜基点 | |
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| | (cryptography) key | |
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| | left arrow key (on keyboard) | |
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| | serial number / product key (software) | |
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