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investment / to invest
HSK 4
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed
HSK 4
to lodge a complaint
HSK 4
to vote / vote
HSK 6
to submit articles for publication / to contribute (writing)
HSK 7-9
to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)
HSK 7-9
congenial; agreeable / to speculate; to profiteer
HSK 7-9
to throw oneself into sth
HSK 7-9
to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
HSK 7-9
to surrender
HSK 7-9
to seek shelter / to seek asylum
HSK 7-9
courier / mailman
policy holder / insured person
one's every movement (idiom) / comportment / gestures
investment risk
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何|射影几何
secret ballot
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
investment immigration / immigrant investor
venture capital investment (abbr. for 創業投資|创业投资)
to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging
to walk right into the trap
to get along well (with sb) / congenial / to speculate (on financial markets)
to bid / to make a tender
to project / a projection
coin-operated / to insert coins
to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
to take out insurance / to insure
coin-operated / to insert a coin
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
investment portfolio
thrower / pitcher / bowler
to airdrop
referendum (abbr. for 公民投票)
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, abbr. for 亞洲基礎設施投資銀行|亚洲基础设施投资银行
to rely on help from sb
to defect / to surrender / to capitulate
to deliver
to shoot for the basket (basketball)
to be reincarnated
Nantou city and county in central Taiwan
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
(idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial
to go over to the enemy / to defect
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
agreeing with one another / congenial
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy
to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime)
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
to submit a written piece (letter, article, opinion piece etc)
to engage in speculation and profiteering
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) / to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
reborn (of departed spirit) / to be reincarnated / to leave home for a new life
lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather
to join a guru for instruction
congenial
to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction
to send by post
to go well together / to be compatible / to cater to / to please
(of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image)
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
projector
Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
(idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye
live betting
to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea / to vanish forever without trace
investor
venture capital investment (abbr. for 風險投資|风险投资)
to invest in stock / to buy shares
venture capital investment
floodlight
plebiscite / referendum
to feed (an animal)
return on investment (ROI)
to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)
(computing) to mirror one's screen (to another device) / screen sharing / screen mirroring
venture capital investment
angel investment
angel investor
polling station (for a vote)
referendum / plebiscite
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
to put one's heart and soul into
overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)
suffrage / right to vote
orthogonal projection
to engage in speculative trading
Beitou or Peitou District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
to put sth on the market

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