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  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
location / place
HSK 3
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
HSK 2
all / to have; to possess; to own
HSK 2
to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be
HSK 4
research institute / graduate studies / graduate school / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
place / location / (after a noun) place where it is located
HSK 5
as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right
HSK 7-9
(idiom) as everyone knows
HSK 7-9
what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
HSK 7-9
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking / without two sticks to rub together
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
HSK 7-9
toilet; lavatory / CL: 間|间, 處|处
HSK 6
public place
HSK 7-9
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
head of an institute etc
HSK 3
not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
exchange / stock exchange
as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability / within one's powers
HSK 7-9
shipyard
as expected
to summarize / to sum up
HSK 7-9
place of entertainment
(idiom) unprecedented
HSK 7-9
what one acquires / one's gains
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
HSK 7-9
the objects indicated / as pointed out
clinic / CL:
as expected
one's conduct and deeds
HSK 7-9
office of an association / meeting place / clubhouse / club
that which is yearned for by the public
law firm (abbr. for 律師事務所|律师事务所)
omnipresent
proprietor / owner
to go to the bathroom
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
each takes what he needs (idiom)
attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive / feckless
HSK 7-9
(dialect) toilet / privy
habitation / dwelling place / residence / CL: 處|处
unimaginable / outrageous / freakish
something that everybody knows
not stopping at anything / all manner of evil
branch (of a company etc)
residence
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
ownership / possession / property rights / title (to property)
all rights reserved (copyright statement)
(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
HSK 7-9
justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
income tax
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
HSK 7-9
abbr. for 研究所
to remain unmoved
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
exchange-traded fund (ETF)
guesthouse; hostel
temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
clinic
HSK 7-9
to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost
to force someone to do something
place
whereabouts unknown
(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
ownership of the means of production (in Marxism) / system of ownership
greatly disappointed
not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away
agency
London Stock Exchange (LSE)
nursery
unheard of
no difficulty is insurmountable if one is sincere (idiom)
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, abbr. to 深交所
(saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
printing press / printing office / printer
(idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled
(idiom) to enjoy popular support / to receive general approval
everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
location; site
omnipotent
everyone / owner
probation office
red-light district
each sticks to his own view
law firm
known / what one knows
local police station

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