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now; at present; currently
HSK 1
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to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
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
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
HSK 2
to exist / to be / existence
HSK 3
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)
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
not to care
HSK 4
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
HSK 5
inner / internal / intrinsic / innate
HSK 5
to be situated at / to find oneself at
HSK 5
to be present; to be on the scene
HSK 5
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
comfortable; at ease
HSK 6
hidden / potential / latent
HSK 7-9
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth)
HSK 7-9
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
hereto / here
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
under / myself (humble)
present tense
near at hand / imminent / within sight
under construction
to be alive
lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
really does not care
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
where? / what place?
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
outer / excluded
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
external / extrinsic
to be on the throne; to reign / to hold a particular leadership position
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
to be at large (of a criminal)
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
(of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
reasonable / sensible
vivid in one's mind (idiom)
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent
to be present
omnipresent
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
there are plenty of such people
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large
soul and spirit of the deceased
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
to be at death's door (idiom)
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles
behind
in Taiwan (used attributively)
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
to pay no attention to / not to mind
in my opinion
at leisure
uneasy / ill at ease
together
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
before that / beforehand / previously
America Online (AOL)
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
even now / until now / right up to the present
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
during time / in this time
to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
to get together
to observe; to take it all in
underneath
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
outdoors
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off

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