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to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
HSK 1
to go in
HSK 1
to come in
HSK 1
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
to enter / to join / to go into
HSK 2
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
to make headway; to make progress
HSK 3
to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
HSK 4
evolution / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to attack / to assault / to go on the offensive / attack / assault / offense (sports)
HSK 6
to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course
HSK 7-9
to enter the venue / to enter the arena / (aviation) to approach the airfield / (investing) to get into the market
HSK 7-9
rate of progress
HSK 7-9
to enter or exit / to go through
HSK 7-9
and then (what follows next)
HSK 7-9
course of events; process
HSK 7-9
to march / to advance
successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
to offer as tribute
to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
to acquire stock / to replenish stock
Jinxian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
to enter and garrison / (fig.) to establish a presence in
to attack
importation and exportation; import-export / access point; opening that serves as an entrance or exit
to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
to get oneself promoted to a higher rank
to burn incense at a temple
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
to eat one's meal
(of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
income; receipts; earnings; revenue
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
march (musical)
theory of evolution / (esp.) Darwinism
to enter the capital / to go to Beijing
to have a meal
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
to advance one's learning / to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system
to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
(of money) to come into an account / to get; to earn / income; receipts
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss / in a hopeless situation
to invade
to have no alternative (idiom)
free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver
Jinxian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
progress chart; schedule
enterprising spirit / initiative
(of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear; depth
income / (literary) improvement / progress
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
to offer tribute / to pay tribute that a vassal owes to his suzerain
way of proceeding / approach (to a task etc)
to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice
to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail
water intake / inlet sluice
variant of 進賬|进账
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
precession (physics)
to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料)
advanced
importer / import business
to score a goal / goal (sport)
to take a tonic (for one's health)
(computing) progress bar
raid / to carry out a raid / to invade
opening price
progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经, Chpt. 41)
(of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station; to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站 where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
entering and leaving a country
progressivism
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
(computing) access (to a network)
(computing) to push (a value) onto a stack
Progress (name of Russian spaceship)
water inlet
progressive / gradual
progressive aphasia / gradual loss of speech
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
progress seems like regress (alternative wording for 進道若退|进道若退)
inbound customs (international trade)


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