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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
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
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
now; at present; currently
HSK 1
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
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
HSK 2
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
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
comfortable; at ease
HSK 6
hereto / here
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
hidden / potential / latent
HSK 7-9
together
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
where? / what place?
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
luckily / fortunately
HSK 7-9
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
in Taiwan (used attributively)
up until now / to date
to be determined to win (idiom)
to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
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
in my opinion
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
inner beauty
America Online (AOL)
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to be unavoidable (idiom)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
on-the-job training
victory is in sight
in my opinion / in my view
really does not care
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom) / fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
before then / up until that point
external / extrinsic
existentialism
meanwhile / at the same time
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
omnipresent
before that / beforehand / previously
pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
under / myself (humble)
potential threat / potential menace
absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
outer / excluded
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch
in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
to be at one's post
sense of presence; sense of existence
outdoors
(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
to be studying (at a school or research institute)
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
after this / afterwards / next
near at hand / imminent / within sight
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
underneath
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 live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
to pay attention to / to care about / to attach importance to
as early as
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
not in the least concerned (idiom) / reckless / couldn't give a damn about it / unperturbed / couldn't care less / harum scarum
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
irrespective of / to have no concerns whatsoever about
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
to be out of form / not to be oneself
alongside / nearby
to observe; to take it all in
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

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