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

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