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|  |  | to poke in the eye  / (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item)  / to keep tabs on (an online discussion etc); to monitor (for updates)  |  | 
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|  |  | illustration  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to get involved in  / to meddle  / interference  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to insert; to stick in; to plug in  |  | 
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|  |  | flower arranging  / ikebana  |  | 
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|  |  | to interrupt (sb talking)  / to butt in  / to cut into a conversation  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | plug-and-play  |  | 
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|  |  | bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc)  / (electrical) plug  |  | 
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|  |  | to plug into  / to insert  / to stick in  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated  / serendipitous  / fortuitous  |  | 
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|  |  | jack  / socket  |  | 
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|  |  | plug-in (software or hardware)  / to plug in a component  |  | 
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|  |  | to place in a certain position  / to assign to a job  / to plant  / resettlement (old)  |  | 
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|  |  | slot advertisement  / interstitial ad  / splash ad  |  | 
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|  |  | socket  / outlet  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch  |  | 
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|  |  | to insert  / to take turns, alternate  / to interweave  / to interlace  / subplot  / interlude  / episode  / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces  |  | 
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|  |  | (medicine) to intubate  / intubation  / (endotracheal) tube  |  | 
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|  |  | to cut in line  / to jump a queue  / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)  / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it  |  | 
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|  |  | to squeeze in  / to step in  / to take part  / to step between (two persons in a relationship)  |  | 
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|  |  | to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc  / to put a call on hold  |  | 
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|  |  | to transplant rice seedlings  |  | 
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|  |  | music played during a movie, play etc  / incidental music  / music played in a theatrical interlude  / (fig.) incident  / episode  |  | 
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|  |  | to shove in  / to edge in  / fig. to poke one's nose into people's business  / prong  |  | 
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|  |  | bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree  / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect  / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape  |  | 
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|  |  | to slide in and out  / thrusting  |  | 
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|  |  | to join a class partway through the course  |  | 
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|  |  | electric socket  / power point  |  | 
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|  |  | power strip  |  | 
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|  |  | unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)  |  | 
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|  |  | episode  / brief interlude  |  | 
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|  |  | interjection  |  | 
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|  |  | (agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings  |  | 
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|  |  | to propagate from leaf cuttings  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure  / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)  |  | 
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|  |  | to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)  / (math.) to interpolate  / interpolation  |  | 
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|  |  | power strip  / powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)  |  | 
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|  |  | (of a connector etc) inline  |  | 
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|  |  | plug and play (computing)  |  | 
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|  |  | to be unable to intervene  |  | 
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|  |  | to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)  |  | 
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|  |  | socket (for an electric plug)  / to interrupt (sb speaking)  / to butt in  |  | 
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|  |  | endotracheal intubation (medicine)  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you  /  (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success  /  also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 |  | 
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|  |  | interpolation (math.)  |  | 
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|  |  | to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest  / buffoonery  |  | 
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|  |  | to insert  / to stick in  / to plug in (an electronic device)  |  | 
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|  |  | to interrupt (sb speaking)  / interruption  / digression  |  | 
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|  |  | (of a device, e.g. public telephone, ticket inspection machine) designed to have a card or ticket inserted  |  | 
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|  |  | (genetics) insertion element  |  | 
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|  |  | to replug  / to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | interpolation (math.)  |  | 
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|  |  | to extrapolate  / extrapolation (math.)  / (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) to intubate  |  | 
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|  |  | to plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings  |  | 
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