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HSK
now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
HSK 1
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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)
HSK 1
just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth)
HSK 2
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
HSK 4
to exist / to be / existence
HSK 5
to be in / to lie in / to consist in / to depend on / to rest with
HSK 5
to care about / equivalent of 在於|在于
HSK 5
inner / internal / intrinsic / innate
HSK 6
online
(included) in it / among them
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
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)
comfortable; at ease
hereto / here
outer / excluded
hidden / potential / latent
to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth)
to be at one's post
under / myself (humble)
to be situated at / to find oneself at
luckily / fortunately
words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
to care about / to mind
vivid in one's mind (idiom)
reasonable / sensible
to be present / to be on the scene
near at hand / imminent / within sight
to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff
where? / what place?
set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality / aloof and remote
external / extrinsic
to be present
to be almost within reach / to be close at hand
ahead / formerly / in the past
to be alive
on the throne / reigning (monarch)
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
as early as
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
to be unavoidable (idiom)
right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
potential threat / potential menace
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
there are plenty of such people
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
lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large
omnipresent
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
soul and spirit of the deceased
to be at death's door (idiom)
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
to set up in (a particular location)
location / site
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
local
existentialism
even now / until now / right up to the present
in Taiwan (used attributively)
at leisure
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
not to care
in my opinion
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
to be at large (of a criminal)
The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
present participle (in English grammar)
underneath
outdoors
inner beauty
to keep saying (sth) over and over
Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
to be dead / to have passed away

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