guān qiǎ

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n.checkpoint; an outpost of the tax office; censorship
- yǔ yì dà lì jiāo jiè de biān jìng shang de hǎi guān guān qiǎ
  与意大利交界的边境上的海关关卡
  a customs post on the frontier with Italy
- dà sān xué nián kě wèi shì dà xué shēng huó de zhōng jiān guān qiǎ
  大三学年可谓是大学生活的中间关卡。
  The junior year is a midway checkpoint for university life.
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n.metaartificial barriers
- cháng chéng yóu sān bù fen gòu chéng jūn shì guān qiǎ chéng qiáng hé fēng huǒ tái
  长城由三部分构成：军事关卡，城墙和烽火台。
  It consisits of three parts: the military passes, the walls and the beacon towers.

Note
"卡" cannot be pronounced as "kǎ" in "关卡".
common measure word
"关卡" is often matched with measure word "个"or"道".
- 一个关卡
  one checkpoint
- 一道关卡
  one checkpoint

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