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 zhè lǐ here
 zài cǐ hereto / here
 cǐ chù this place / here (literary)
 zhè biān this side / here
 zhè r here
 cǐ dì here / this place
 cǐ jiān here / this place
 zī now / here / this / time / year
 zī variant of 茲|兹[zi1] / now / here / this / time / year
 běn chù here / this place
 yīng yǒu jìn yǒu everything that should be here is here (idiom) / all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs
 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
 gǔn dàn get out of here! / beat it!
 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
 bù zhuó biān jì not to the point / wide of the mark / neither here nor there / irrelevant
 cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom) / fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
 yòu lái le Here we go again.
 chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
 nuò (indicating agreement) yes / all right / (drawing attention to) look! / here! / variant of 諾|诺[nuo4]
 dào cǐ wéi zhǐ to stop at this point / to end here / to call it a day
 hé rè nuclear heat
 rén wú yuǎn lu:4 , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
 hǎo hàn zuò shì , hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
 cóng cǐ wǎng hòu from here on
 dǎ jiàng yóu to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")
 gǎn zuò gǎn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
 jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
 cǐ shí cǐ dì here and now / as things stand
 zhè lǐ here / variant of 這裡|这里
 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
 shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de What brings you here? (idiom)
 hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
 yǒu hé guì gàn What (noble errand) brings you here? / May I help you? / What can I do for you?
 wén zé zì fù the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
西 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
 xìng Jiǎng hái shi xìng Wāng friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])
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