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HSK
now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays
HSK 1
to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up
HSK 2
to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect / a discovery
HSK 2
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
HSK 2
the scene (of a crime, accident etc) / (on) the spot / (at) the site
HSK 3
cash
HSK 3
modern times / modern age / modern era
HSK 3
reality; actuality / real; actual / realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
HSK 3
to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior
HSK 3
to embody / to reflect / to incarnate
HSK 3
phenomenon / CL: 個|个, 種|种 / appearance
HSK 3
current situation
HSK 5
currently existing / currently available
HSK 5
to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
HSK 5
to be in effect / in force / current
HSK 7-9
to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently
HSK 7-9
ready-made / readily available
HSK 7-9
to appear / to emerge / to present (a certain appearance) / to demonstrate
HSK 7-9
to reappear
HSK 7-9
to occupy a post currently / current (president etc); incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
HSK 7-9
appearance / to appear
HSK 7-9
to recreate / to reconstruct (a historical relic)
HSK 7-9
(of a check etc) to cash / to honor a commitment
HSK 7-9
(of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge
HSK 7-9
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  *現* | 現* | *現
to appear / present / now / existing / current
on-the-spot live broadcast
cash flow
Hyundai, South Korean company
merchandise or commodities available immediately after sale / merchandise in stock / available item / actuals (investment) / actual commodities
now / nowadays / modern
to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
modernization / CL: 個|个
the current situation
current
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人
present value
extant / existent / in stock
modern man / Homo sapiens
nowadays; now
to flash
(military) active duty / (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
realism
(idiom) faint; indistinct
scene of the crime
self-actualization (psychology) / self-realization
modern history
natural phenomenon
to make an exhibition of oneself / to be a disgrace
virtual reality
to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
on-the-spot meeting
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
discount / rebate
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
(a person's) current age
cash
surrealism
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
appearing and disappearing (idiom) / intermittently visible
now / at this moment
karmic retribution within one's lifetime
(coll.) to enjoy showing off
modernist faction / modernists
cash
intermittent / now you see it, now you don't
to pay on the spot
arrogant appearance / smug appearance / to act condescending / to put on airs
discount rate
to improvise
criminal caught red-handed
living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic
glimpse (of something hidden)
this life / to lose face / to be disgraced
lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school
to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature
modern dance
to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo
to embarrass oneself / to make a fool of oneself
atavism (biology)
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
good-for-nothing / fool
ready-made phrase / unhelpful comment
(of a deity) to take a material shape / to appear
current situation
even now / until now / right up to the present
phenotype
to convert (an asset) into cash / to cash out
crime scene
virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)
phenomenology
(neologism) to meet sb in real life after forming a relationship online
cash flow
Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉
on-the-spot interview
up until now / to date
to make (food) on the spot / freshly-made
freshly baked / freshly roasted
at the present stage
expressive power

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