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安排ānpái

to arrange; to plan; to make arrangements

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不够bùgòu

to be insufficient; to be lacking; to not be enough

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下去xiàqù

Used as a complement to a verb:; on (to continue; to go on); down (e.g. passed down)

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习惯xíguàn

to be accustomed to; to be in the habit of

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打开dǎkāi

to start up; to open up; to expand; to widen

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指导zhǐdǎo

to guide; to give direction; to steer; to instruct; to coach

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满足mǎnzú

to satisfy; to make content; to meet needs

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移民yímín

to immigrate; to emigrate; to migrate

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争取zhēngqǔ

to fight for; to strive for; to win over; to compete for; to go for

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从事cóngshì

to engage in; to undertake; to practice (a profession); to do (work)

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翻译fānyì

to translate (to change spoken words or written text from one language to another)

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投入tóurù

to throw into; to put into; to insert

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遇到yùdào

to come across; to encounter; to have (an accident); to meet with; to run into; to find

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估计gūjì

to guess; to reckon; to suppose; to estimate; to assess; to figure

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不知bùzhī

to not know; to have no idea of; to be ignorant of

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处于chǔyú

to be in (some situation, condition, etc.)

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符合fúhé

to accord with; to tally with; to conform to; to be in keeping with; to square check; to satisfy; to live up to; to correspond to; to match with; to meet

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想到xiǎngdào

to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate; to occur (to somebody); to suspect

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操作cāozuò

to implement; to carry out; to put into practice

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考试kǎoshì

to take a test; to sit an examination; to have an exam

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使得shǐde

to cause; to bring about; to make

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正是zhèngshì

to be precisely; to just happen to be; to be exactly; to be none other than

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