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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
to be present; to be on the scene
HSK 5
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home
in Taiwan (used attributively)
deeply
before then / up until that point
outer / excluded
to be alive
near at hand / imminent / within sight
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
ahead / formerly / in the past
to be on the throne; to reign / to hold a particular leadership position
reasonable / sensible
to be unavoidable (idiom)
within China / during one's visit to China
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
opposition party
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
to be at one's post
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
to be present
soul and spirit of the deceased
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
to be at large (of a criminal)
irrespective of / to have no concerns whatsoever about
under construction
alongside / nearby
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
to be studying (at a school or research institute)
after this / afterwards / next
on-the-job training
outdoors
underground
hereto / here
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
meanwhile / at the same time
to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
together
under / myself (humble)
underneath
reign (of a king, emperor etc)
behind
in my opinion / in my view
in my opinion
at gunpoint
before that / beforehand / previously
after this / from then on
pendente lite / during litigation
during time / in this time
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)


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