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resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
neighbor / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
HSK 5
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
HSK 4
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
former residence / one's original home
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
human habitat
to be located at
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
to live together / to cohabit
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
the latecomers surpass their predecessors
residence
to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country
inhabitant
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
residential area / neighborhood
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
to settle down / to live peacefully
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
to live / to reside
houses / homes
residential area
residence permit
livable
current address / place of residence
room / apartment
to migrate / to move to a new place of residence
to inhabit
to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle; to be in between / (page layout) to be centered
to be in the majority
to live together (in a large group or flock)
to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind
right of abode (law)
permanent residency
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
everyday life / regular pattern of life
new residence / new home
to have sinister motives
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
trial separation
living room / sitting room
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
to vault
centered alignment (typography)
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
permanent residency permit
to live / to reside
dwelling place / home
housing project for low-income urban residents
hermit crab
(period of) banishment or exile (old)
to hoard and profiteer / to speculate
to move (from one residence to another)
to hoard / to speculate / profiteering
to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be
to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
former residence
next-door neighbor
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surname Ju
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(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
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to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
permanent residency (abbr. for 永久居留權|永久居留权)
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
settler
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
settlement
residence permit
to claim credit for oneself
izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住)
pauper's thatched hut
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
to cohabit with a lover illicitly
to choose a home
mixed ethnic area
cave man
a local person / the local population
torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
to secure a position / to take an official appointment
housing / high-class residence
to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
to live as a widower
leading / in first place / top of the list
home; residence / to stay at home (unemployed)
to live as a widow
Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
curie (Ci) (loanword)
motorhome / RV (recreational vehicle)
to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
consumer price index CPI
furniture store / furniture mall

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