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HSK
investment / to invest
HSK 4
to lodge a complaint
HSK 4
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  *投* | 投* | *投
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 vote / vote
HSK 6
to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)
HSK 7-9
to surrender
HSK 7-9
to throw oneself into sth
HSK 7-9
to submit articles for publication / to contribute (writing)
HSK 7-9
congenial; agreeable / to speculate; to profiteer
HSK 7-9
to seek shelter / to seek asylum
HSK 7-9
voting place
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
to take out insurance / to insure
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
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
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
to project / a projection
projector
to submit a written piece (letter, article, opinion piece etc)
to bid / to make a tender
to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
to deliver
to shoot for the basket (basketball)
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
projector
thrower / pitcher / bowler
to put into production / to put into operation
return on investment / rate of return
voting machine
to defect / to surrender / to capitulate
suffrage / right to vote
to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime)
to join up / to enlist (e.g. in the military)
to stop at a hostel
to engage in speculation and profiteering
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
(of a light source) to cast one's light on / to project (an image)
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何學|射影几何学
lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
polling station (for a vote)
to be reincarnated
courier / mailman
to rely on help from sb
coin slot
to engage in speculative trading
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to go over to the enemy / to defect
to hang oneself / to commit suicide by hanging
to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy
to get along well (with sb) / congenial / to speculate (on financial markets)
lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom) / fig. to get excited and move to action
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
to go well together / to be compatible / to cater to / to please
to join a guru for instruction
investor
arcade basketball machine / miniature hoops
ballot box
investor
investment portfolio
(computing) to mirror one's screen (to another device) / screen sharing / screen mirroring
to feed (an animal)
coin-operated / to insert coins
proportion of vote / turnout in election
to poison
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
variant of 投繯|投缳
to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score
policy holder / insured person
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
polling station / CL: 處|处
slide used in a presentation (Tw)
plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
policyholder (insurance)
floodlight
to send by post
to throw an explosive charge / to bomb
center of projection
perspective drawing
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何|射影几何
line of project / projection line
to put sth on the market
speculator
(sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
reborn (of departed spirit) / to be reincarnated / to leave home for a new life
coin-operated / to insert a coin
ballot box (Tw)
voter
to hang oneself (idiom)
to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position)
investment bank (abbr. for 投資銀行|投资银行)
return on investment (ROI)
investor
investment immigration / immigrant investor
investment risk
to be reincarnated in the wrong womb / (fig.) to be born into unfortunate circumstances (impoverished family, domestic violence etc)


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