"Temporarily" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zàn qiě for now / for the time being / temporarily
 quán qiě temporarily / for the time being
 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon
 gǒu (literary) if indeed / (bound form) careless / negligent / (bound form) temporarily
 quán shí (literary) temporarily
 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign
 jiè diào to temporarily transfer (personnel)
 kān yā to detain / to take into custody / to imprison temporarily
 jì jì to live away from home temporarily
 zàn gē temporarily stopped / in abeyance
 guān diàn xiē yè to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
  temporarily vacant position
 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting
 quán chōng to act temporarily as
 liáo bèi to provide on a makeshift basis / to use temporarily as
 fù gǎng (of an employee) to return to one's job (e.g. after being temporarily stood down)
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