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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
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just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth)
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to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
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to exist / to be / existence
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to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
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not to care
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to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
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place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
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(included) in it / among them
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to be situated at / to find oneself at
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inner / internal / intrinsic / innate
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to be present; to be on the scene
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comfortable; at ease
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online
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to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth)
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hidden / potential / latent
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to care about / to mind
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to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
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luckily / fortunately
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free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
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under / myself (humble)
outer / excluded
to be at one's post
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
hereto / here
reasonable / sensible
near at hand / imminent / within sight
to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
under construction
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality / aloof and remote
ahead / formerly / in the past
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
where? / what place?
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
on the throne / reigning (monarch)
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
to be alive
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
(of an elderly person) to be alive and in good health / to be intact
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
to be at large (of a criminal)
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
vivid in one's mind (idiom)
to be present
to be unavoidable (idiom)
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
external / extrinsic
there are plenty of such people
omnipresent
to be almost within reach / to be close at hand
soul and spirit of the deceased
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
location / site
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
to set up in (a particular location)
local
existentialism
even now / until now / right up to the present
at leisure
in Taiwan (used attributively)
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
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
to be everywhere
calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
after this / afterwards / next
in my opinion
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
underneath
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
uneasy / ill at ease
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
before then / up until that point

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