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HSK
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
power holder / current political ruler
the present age / the contemporary era
HSK 5
to be in season / seasonal
the present time / (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
HSK 7-9
authorities
at that time / originally
HSK 3
to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs
to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously
to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
then / at that time / while
HSK 2
at once / right away
coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first
(coll.) pledge; surety
to be elected; to be selected
HSK 5
(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
HSK 7-9
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
to consider as; to take to be
HSK 6
to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office)
to be on duty
persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
HSK 7-9
fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
HSK 7-9
the countries involved
at the scene; on the spot
HSK 5
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
to treat as / to regard as / to look upon as
overhead / up in the sky
local time
among / in the middle / in the center
HSK 3
to serve in the army / to be a soldier
to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
HSK 7-9
the present time / to be faced with
HSK 5
in those days; back then; in those years / to be in the prime of life
HSK 5
that very same year
local
HSK 3
to use (sb) as a tool
equivalent / yield
the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
to hold power
the person involved / the people holding power
if and only if
Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
on that evening
the same evening
HSK 7-9
in public / in front of everybody
HSK 7-9
in front of / in the presence of
HSK 7-9
on that day
the same day
HSK 6
on that month
the same month
this season; the current season
the present age / in office / the current office holder
Dangyang, a county-level city in Yichang City 宜昌市, Hubei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *当* | 当* | *当
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
HSK 6
Dangdang (online retailer)
to pawn
not to delay making a decision when a decision is needed
persons or faction in authority
unequalled in his time
only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt
HSK 3
lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
a local person / the local population
to make prompt decisions (idiom)
Damxung county, Tibetan: 'Dam gzhung rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
contemporary history
to treat as / to regard as
HSK 6
to come to power / to hold power / in office
pawnshop / CL: , 間|间
to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working
to make a decision when it's time to decide
to work one's shift
at once / on the spot
HSK 7-9
in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue
at that moment / just then
(idiom) to waver when decisiveness is needed
on that day
HSK 7-9
that very day / the same day
Angelica sinensis
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
in the middle of the street / facing the street
to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)
to consider as a matter of importance / to be of importance
the foremost person of his age / unequalled / a leading light
to excel in one's field
accountability
imperial driver
currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
Contemporary New Confucianism / see 新儒家
ruler / those in power / the authorities
to work like a horse and toil like an ox / fig. to slave for sb
equivalent dose
Damxung county, Tibetan: 'Dam gzhung rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear / fig. to completely disregard
to take care / to look out
HSK 7-9
person in power / important official

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