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

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