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 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
 jì rán since / as / this being the case
 rú tóng like / as
 shēn wéi in the capacity of / as
 suǒ yǐ therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
 zī yuán natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
 yǐ jí and / as well as
 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like
 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 jié guǒ outcome / result / conclusion / in the end / as a result / to kill / to dispatch
 duì yú regarding / as far as (sth) is concerned / with regard to
 yīn cǐ thus / consequently / as a result
 dāng rán only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt
 zhǐ yào so long as / provided / if
 zuò yòng to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out
 sì hū it seems / seemingly / as if
 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
 xiāng xìn to believe / to be convinced / to accept as true
 hǎo xiàng as if / to seem like
 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is &ndash / mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank
 jìng rán unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to
 rú xià as follows
 shǔ yú to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of
 jiǎn tǐ simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3]
 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
 bǐ rú for example / for instance / such as
 jū rán unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
 réng rán still / as before / yet
 yī rán still / as before
 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called
 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole
 bù rú not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to
 lì rú for example / for instance / such as
仿 fǎng fú to seem / as if / alike / similar
 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned / speaking in terms of ...
 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company
 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 / Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 / Empire State Building etc)
 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss
 guǒ rán really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed
 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
 shí jì shàng in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice
 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group
 jǐn kuài as quickly as possible / as soon as possible
 mó nǐ imitation / to simulate / to imitate / analog (device, as opposed to digital)
 tóu sù complaint / to complain / to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
 Guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
 zhōng jiè to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent
 jìn liàng as much as possible / to the greatest extent
 jǐn liàng as much as possible / to the greatest extent
便 suí biàn as one wishes / as one pleases / at random / negligent / casual / wanton
 kàn qǐ lái seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be
 kàn qǐ lai seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appears to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be
 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
 lián zǎi serialized / published as a serial (in a newspaper)
 bù dǒng not to understand / cannot (see, hear, understand, as verb complement) / incomprehension
便 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as
 shì shí shàng in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
 yī jiù as before / still / to remain the same
 shuō dào to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for
 Bǎi dù Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999
 suí yì as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
便 yǐ biàn so that / so as to / in order to
 yīn ér therefore / as a result / thus / and as a result, ...
 chēng wéi to be called / to be known as / to call it "..."
 xiàng jī camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow
 zèng sòng to present as a gift
 dài yǒu to have as a feature or characteristic / to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc) / to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
 dàng zuò to treat as / to regard as
 xī shēng to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
 shuō qǐ to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
 pīn mìng to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
 yǐ miǎn in order to avoid / so as not to
 sòng gěi to send / to give as a present
 Xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party
 kàn hǎo to regard as having good prospects
 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
 shū míng name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
 jiào zuò to be called / to be known as
 shí wù practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical
 shì wéi to view as / to see as / to consider to be / to deem
 bù fáng there is no harm in / might as well
 dàng chéng to consider as / to take to be
 fán tǐ traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3]
 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ...
 jǐn kě néng as far as possible / to the best of one's ability
 yào shuō as for / when it comes to
 zhèng rú just as / precisely as
 zǎo zài as early as
 Cháo xiǎn North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2 xian1]
 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people
 bù jí to fall short of / not as good as / too late
 nǎi zhì and even / to go so far as to
 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects
 míng wéi to be called / to be known as
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