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reality; actuality / real; actual / realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
HSK 3
to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場|场, / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand
HSK 3
interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to be interested
HSK 4
to intend / intentionally / interested in
HSK 7-9
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
interested / interesting
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums) / onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it / (neologism c. 2016)
interested party
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life


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