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(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his / (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
由于 yóu due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because
bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
自从 cóng since (a time) / ever since
以来 lái since (a previous event)
早已 zǎo for a long time; long since / (dialect) in the past
之后 zhī hòu after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
already / since / both... (and...)
从此 cóng from now on / since then / henceforth
既然 rán since; as; this being the case
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course
久违 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met
商科 Shāng Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)
屈原纪念馆 Yuán niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
IP I P intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
杨过 Yáng Guò Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣[Shen2 diao1 Xia2 lu : 3] / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨[Yang2] and 陽|阳[yang2] are homonyms)
百花奖 Bǎi huā jiǎng Hundred Flowers Awards, film prize awarded since 1962
两岸三地 liǎng àn sān China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
茅盾文学奖 Máo Dùn Wén xué jiǎng Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
既是 shì is both ...(and...) / since / as / being the case that
旷古 kuàng since the dawn of time / from the year dot
海选 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition


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