Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
日常用語：臺
等級
日常用語：陸
等級、檔次
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
根据国土安全部的规定，目前的安全水准是橙色等级。
根據國土安全部的規定，目前的安全水準是橙色等級。
gēn jù guó tǔ ān quán bù de guī dìng ， mù qián de ān quán shuǐ zhǔn shì chéng sè děng jí 。
The security level, as established by the Department of Homeland Security, is orange.
Mandarin
在过去一个相当长的时期里，社会都是等级制度森严并且极度不公的，做为社会阶级中最大一部分的贫农常常被赋税，战争，饥荒压得喘不过气来，痛苦不堪。
在過去一個相當長的時期裏，社會都是等級制度森嚴並且極度不公的，做為社會階級中最大一部分的貧農常常被賦税，戰爭，饑荒壓得喘不過氣來，痛苦不堪。
zài guò qù yí gè xiāng dāng zhǎng de shí qī lǐ ， shè huì dōu shì děng jí zhì dù sēn yán bìng qiě jí dù bù gōng de ， zuò wéi shè huì jiē jí zhōng zuì dà yī bù fen de pín nóng cháng cháng bèi fù shuì ， zhàn zhēng ， jī huāng yā dé chuǎn bu guò qì lái ， tòng kǔ bù kān 。
For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.
Mandarin
形式是暂时的，等级才是永恒的。
形式是暫時的，等級才是永恆的。
xíng shì shì zàn shí de ， děng jí cái shì yǒng héng de 。
Form is temporary, class is permanent.
Mandarin
我听说，如果没在十二岁前开始学一个语言，是无法达到母语等级的。
我聽說，如果沒在十二歲前開始學一個語言，是無法達到母語等級的。
wǒ tīng shuō ， rú guǒ méi zài shí èr suì qián kāi shǐ xué yí gè yǔ yán ， shì wú fǎ dá dào mǔ yǔ děng jí de 。
I've heard that it's impossible to sound like a native speaker unless one starts speaking the language before the age of twelve.
I've heard it said that there is no way for you to ever reach native proficiency in a language if you haven't started studying it before the age of twelve.
Mandarin
汤姆尽了全力，但他还是不能获得比玛丽更高的等级。
湯姆盡了全力，但他還是不能獲得比瑪麗更高的等級。
tāng mǔ jǐn le quán lì ， dàn tā hái shi bù néng huò dé bǐ mǎ lì gèng gāo de děng jí 。
Tom did the best he could, but he wasn't able to get a higher grade than Mary.
A-chung just said he would use his most powerful move to knock out that monster in one hit. But his level was too low. The result was that not only did he fail to take down that monster, but he also ended up killed by the counter attack.