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resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
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
neighbor / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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
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
human habitat
to be located at
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
old residence / former home
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
to live together / to cohabit
to inhabit
residence
inhabitant
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
a local person / the local population
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)
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
living room
to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country
to settle down / to live peacefully
to live / to reside
houses / homes
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
livable
current address / place of residence
room / apartment
to migrate / to move to a new place of residence
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
everyday life / regular pattern of life
new residence / new home
residence permit
Anju, a district of Suining City 遂寧市|遂宁市, Sichuan
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
living room / sitting room
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
housing project for low-income urban residents
hermit crab
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
to hoard / to speculate / profiteering
residential area / neighborhood
to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be
to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
former residence
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  *居* | 居* | *居
surname Ju
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  *居* | 居* | *居
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
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  *居* | 居* | *居
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms
residence permit
to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
(TCM) menstruation that comes only once every three months
permanent residency (abbr. for 永久居留權|永久居留权)
settler
to claim credit for oneself
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
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)
permanent residency permit
pauper's thatched hut
next-door neighbor
to cohabit with a lover illicitly
furniture store / furniture mall
consumer price index CPI
(period of) banishment or exile (old)
to choose a home
harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
cave man
to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
to secure a position / to take an official appointment
housing / high-class residence
leading / in first place / top of the list
centered alignment (typography)
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
cohabitation (of different populations or races) / to coexist
home; residence / to stay at home (unemployed)
to live as a widow
curie (Ci) (loanword)
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
trial separation
to live in seclusion
to hoard and profiteer / to speculate
settlement
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
to observe the ritual mourning
to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn
permanent residency
to make one's home in / to reside in / to inhabit
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867–1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)

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