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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
now; at present; currently
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
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
HSK 2
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
not to care
HSK 4
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 exist / to be / existence
HSK 3
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
inner / internal / intrinsic / innate
HSK 5
to be present; to be on the scene
HSK 5
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
HSK 5
to be situated at / to find oneself at
HSK 5
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
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
comfortable; at ease
HSK 6
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
hereto / here
vivid in one's mind (idiom)
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
to tuck into one's bosom / also written 揣在懷裡|揣在怀里
together
to keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly
where? / what place?
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
hidden / potential / latent
HSK 7-9
in Taiwan (used attributively)
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
omnipresent
uneasy / ill at ease
to pay no attention to / not to mind
ahead / formerly / in the past
to be alive
(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth)
HSK 7-9
to be dead / to have passed away
to be out of form / not to be oneself
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
opposition party
existentialism
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
up until now / to date
in my opinion / in my view
outdoors
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
after this / afterwards / next
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
external / extrinsic
before that / beforehand / previously
during time / in this time
gems at the side (idiom); flanked by genius
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
under / myself (humble)
to harbor hard feelings
absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
present participle (in English grammar)
outer / excluded
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
even now / until now / right up to the present
don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
meanwhile / at the same time
the problem is...
sense of presence; sense of existence
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark
really does not care
to observe; to take it all in
He laughs best who laughs last.
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles
on-the-job training
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
near at hand / imminent / within sight
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
underneath
soul and spirit of the deceased
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
location; site
to be everywhere
to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off

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