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HSK
even if; even though
HSK 5
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
HSK 7-9
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namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
immediately
HSK 4
could happen at any moment / on the verge
even if / even though / right away / immediately
HSK 7-9
improvisation
immediately / presently / following which
HSK 7-9
imminent
instant messaging
to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length
to be considered to be / to be defined to be / to be called
namely / that is
namely
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
this or that very day / in the next few days
instant (food)
product approaching its expiry date (Tw)
plug-and-play
soon after / shortly
immediate
while stocks last / subject to availability
to touch on sth and leave it there / to take care not to overdo sth
at once / on the spot
HSK 7-9
to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant / always at sb's beck and call
improvisation
instant coffee
even if / even though
to succeed to the throne / accession
near at hand / imminent / within sight
even if / even though
instant message
to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant / always at sb's beck and call
lit. to get there in one step (idiom) / fig. easily done
immediately / instant / instantly
which means / (this) means (that)
real-time (gaming)
not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
improvisation (in the arts) / impromptu / extemporaneous
payable at sight / payable to bearer
wealthy and respectable people
immediately / promptly / quickly
transient / fleeting
(computing) platform as a service (PaaS)
What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
software as a service (SaaS)
such as
either this or that / one or the other
to pass in an instant / over in the twinkling of an eye
(formal) immediately; promptly
plug and play (computing)
point-and-translate (computing)
to pay on demand
impromptu / improvised / to take one's seat (at a banquet etc)
one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague
to collapse on the first encounter / to give way at once
(idiom) fleeting; transitory
(computing) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
moment-to-moment
as soon as possible
variant of 可望而不可及


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