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匮乏 (kuìfá) — scarce, lacking, deprived

HSK 5 | adjective/verb | severely insufficient in supply; a state of dire shortage

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报道 (bàodào) — to report; news report

HSK 5 | verb/noun | to report (news); a news report or coverage

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流行病 (liúxíngbìng) — epidemic, pandemic

HSK 4 | noun | a widespread outbreak of infectious disease

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除非 (chúfēi) — unless; only if; except when

HSK 3 | conjunction | introduces the single condition that is the only exception to a rule or the only way an outcome can occur

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幸福 (xìngfú) — happiness; happy; blessed

HSK 3 | noun/adjective | a deep sense of contentment and well-being

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尤其 (yóuqí) — especially; particularly

HSK 5 | adverb | used to single out something as standing out above others

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左 — JLPT N5 Kanji

左 (sa/hidari): left. JLPT N5 kanji.

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认识 (rènshi) — to know (a person), to recognize

HSK 3 | verb | to be acquainted with someone; to recognize or identify

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明天 (míngtiān) — tomorrow

HSK 1 | adverb/noun | the day after today

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消失 (xiāoshī) — to disappear; to vanish

HSK 4 | verb | to disappear or vanish from sight or existence

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热力学 (rèlìxué) — thermodynamics

HSK 8 | noun | thermodynamics; the branch of physics dealing with heat and energy

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JLPT N2 Lesson 7: Time and Occasion Patterns

Master formal Japanese time and occasion markers used in official speeches, ceremonies, and business announcements — 〜にあたって, 〜に際して, 〜に先立って, and more.

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医生 (yīshēng) — Doctor

HSK 4 | noun | doctor, physician

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方便 (fāngbiàn) — convenient

HSK 3 | adjective / verb | convenient, to be convenient, to make things easy

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速度 (sùdù) — speed; pace; velocity

HSK 4 | noun | the rate at which something moves or happens

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邮局 (yóujú) — post office

HSK 3 | noun | the post office; a government postal service location

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营销 (yíngxiāo) — marketing

HSK 5 | noun/verb | marketing; to market (products or services)

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喜欢 (xǐhuān) — to like, to enjoy

HSK 1 | verb | to have a fondness or preference for something

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IMO 1962 Problem 7

The previous solution failed at the structural point where it tried to characterize tetrahedra admitting a sphere tangent to all six edge-lines.

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IMO 1962 Problem 5

The problem is a construction problem on a fixed circumcircle.

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IMO 1962 Problem 4

Consider the equation

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IMO 1962 Problem 2

We seek all real numbers $x$ satisfying

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IMO 1962 Problem 1

Let $n$ be a natural number ending in 6 such that moving the 6 to the front produces a number four times as large.

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IMO 1961 Problem 5

We are asked to construct a triangle $ABC$ when the side lengths

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IMO 1961 Problem 4

The problem is a pure proof problem.

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IMO 1961 Problem 2

The statement asks for a lower bound on $a^2+b^2+c^2$ in terms of the area $S$ of a triangle.

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IMO 1961 Problem 1

The problem asks for conditions on the parameters $a$ and $b$ under which the system admits three distinct positive numbers $x,y,z$.

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IMO 1960 Problem 7

The problem concerns a right circular cone inscribed in a sphere and a cylinder circumscribed about the same sphere.

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IMO 1960 Problem 4

The previous solution failed at two genuinely important points.

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IMO 1960 Problem 3

The reviewers identified two genuine problems in the previous proof.

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IMO 1985 SL 14

4b.(IRE 4) A set of 1985 points is distributed around the circumference

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IMO 1993 SL 22

A, B, C, D are four points in the plane, with C, D on the

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IMO 1999 SL G8

Points A, B, C divide the circumcircle Ωof the triangle ABC

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IMO 1973 SL 4

Let P be a set of 7 different prime numbers and C a set of

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IMO 1991 SL 20

Let lpha be the positive root of the equation x2 = 1991x + 1. For

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IMO 1988 SL 4

An n \times n chessboard (n \geq2) is numbered by the numbers

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IMO 1997 SL 13

In town A, there are n girls and n boys, and each girl knows each

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IMO 1989 SL 18

Given a convex polygon A1A2 . . . An with area S, and a point

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IMO 1994 SL C2

In a certain city, age is reckoned in terms of real numbers

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IMO 2000 SL N6

Show that the set of positive integers that cannot be repre-

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IMO 2000 SL C2

A brick staircase with three steps of width 2 is made of twelve

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IMO 1968 SL 7

Prove that the product of the radii of three circles exscribed to a given triangle does not exceed … times the product…

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IMO 1999 SL C4

Let A be a set of N residues (mod N 2). Prove that there

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IMO 1973 SL 9

Let Ox, Oy, Oz be three rays, and G a point inside the trihe-

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IMO 1987 SL 11

Find the number of partitions of the set {1, 2, . . ., n} into three

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IMO 1990 SL 3

On a circle, 2n −1 (n \geq3) different points are given. Find

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IMO 1971 SL 12

Two congruent equilateral triangles ABC and A′B′C′ in the

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IMO 1988 SL 9

Let a and b be two positive integers such that ab+1 divides

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IMO 1989 SL 25

Let a, b be integers that are not perfect squares. Prove that if

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IMO 1976 SL 3

In a convex quadrangle with area 32 cm2, the sum of the

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IMO 1981 SL 14

Prove that a convex pentagon (a five-sided polygon) ABCDE

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IMO 1977 SL 14

(FIN 2‘) Let E be a finite set of points such that E is not contained in

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IMO 1975 SL 10

The function f(x, y) is a homogeneous polynomial of the nth

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IMO 1996 SL G6

Let the sides of two rectangles be … and … with

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IMO 1974 SL 5

I 5 (GBR 3) Let Ar, Br, Cr be points on the circumference of a given

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IMO 2000 SL A1

Let a, b, c be positive real numbers with product 1. Prove

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IMO 1985 SL 5

Let D be the interior of the circle C and let A \inC. Show

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IMO 2000 SL A7

For a polynomial P of degree 2000 with distinct real co-

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IMO 1998 SL 13

Determine the least possible value of f(1998), where f is a

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IMO 1968 SL 8

Given an oriented line … and a fixed point … on it, consider all trapezoids … one of whose bases … lies on …, in the…

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IMO 1973 SL 10

Let a1, a2, . . . , an be positive numbers and q a given real

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IMO 1997 SL 17

Find all pairs of integers x, y \geq1 satisfying the equation

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IMO 1978 SL 15

Let p be a prime and A = {a1, . . . , ap−1} an arbitrary subset

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IMO 2004 SL A2

An infinite sequence a0, a1, a2, . . . of real numbers satisfies

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IMO 1981 SL 3

Find the minimum value of

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IMO 1999 SL G2

A circle is called a separator for a set of five points in a plane

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IMO 1968 SL 10

Consider two segments of length … (…) and a segment of length ….

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IMO 2002 SL A2

Let a1, a2, . . . be an infinite sequence of real numbers for

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IMO 1991 SL 26

Let n \geq2 be a natural number and let the real numbers

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IMO 1995 SL G4

An acute triangle ABC is given. Points A1 and A2 are taken

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IMO 1979 SL 5

Let n \geq2 be an integer. Find the maximal cardinality of a set

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IMO 2004 SL N6

Given an integer n > 1, denote by Pn the product of all

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IMO 2004 SL A4

Find all polynomials P(x) with real coefficients that

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IMO 1968 SL 17

Given a point … and lengths …, prove that there exists an equilateral triangle … for which …, …, …, if and only if …,…

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IMO 1977 SL 3

Let a and b be natural numbers and let q and r be the

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IMO 1989 SL 22

Prove that the set {1, 2, . . ., 1989} can be expressed as the

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IMO 1984 SL 8

In a plane two different points O and A are given. For

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IMO 1976 SL 6

A rectangular box can be filled completely with unit cubes.

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IMO 1996 SL G5

Let … be a convex hexagon such that …, …, and …. Let …, …, … be the circumradii of triangles …, …, … respectively, and…

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IMO 1997 SL 5

Let ABCD be a regular tetrahedron and M, N distinct points

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IMO 2003 SL A3

Consider pairs of sequences of positive real numbers a1 \geq

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IMO 1978 SL 9

Let {f(n)} be a strictly increasing sequence of positive

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IMO 1996 SL G1

Let … have orthocenter …, and let … be a point on its circumcircle, distinct from …, …, …. Let … be the foot of the…

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IMO 2001 SL G8

Let ABC be a triangle with ∡BAC = 60◦. Let AP bisect

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IMO 2000 SL C5

In the plane we have n rectangles with parallel sides. The

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IMO 1968 SL 5

Let … be the apothem (distance from the center to one of the sides) of a regular …-gon (…) inscribed in a circle of…

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IMO 1985 SL 8

1b.(TUR 5) Find the smallest positive integer n such that

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IMO 2003 SL C5

Every point with integer coordinates in the plane is the

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IMO 1981 SL 19

A finite set of unit circles is given in a plane such that the area

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IMO 1968 SL 1

Two ships sail on the sea with constant speeds and fixed directions. It is known that at … the distance between them…

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IMO 1968 SL 25

Given k parallel lines and a few points on each of them, find

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IMO 1984 SL 3

Find all positive integers n such that

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IMO 1987 SL 18

For any integer r \geq1, determine the smallest integer h(r) \geq1

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IMO 2004 SL C2

Let n and k be positive integers. There are given n circles

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IMO 1996 SL A9

Let the sequence …, …, be generated as follows:

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IMO 1991 SL 17

Find all positive integer solutions x, y, z of the equation 3x +

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IMO 2004 SL G3

Let O be the circumcenter of an acute-angled triangle ABC

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IMO 2002 SL A4

Find all functions f from the reals to the reals such that

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IMO 1999 SL N2

Prove that every positive rational number can be repre-

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IMO 1982 SL 5

A5 (NET 2)IMO5 Let A1A2A3A4A5A6 be a regular hexagon. Each of its

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