to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
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abbr. for Israel 以色列[]
to think / to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
before / formerly / previous / ago
can / may / to be able to / possible / permissible / not bad / pretty good
therefore / as a result / so / the reason why
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
and / as well as
since (used after a specified time or event)
(idiom) hard to believe / incredible
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
to guard against the unexpected (idiom) / just in case / prepared for any eventualities
so that / so as to / in order to
in the past / formerly
down to / up to / to the extent that...
in order to avoid / so as not to
with this / thereby / thus / because of this
within / less than
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
sufficient to... / so much so that / so that
since the beginning of history
(idiom) to make an all-out effort
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view
(lit.) to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / (fig.) to deeply long for / to covet
lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom) / to wait and see
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
(formal) to apply / to carry out / to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[]) / to apply (restrictions etc) / to give (support, consideration etc) / (literary) moreover / in addition
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
with the result that
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
to the west of (suffix)
to the south of (suffix)
to the north of (suffix)
down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于[]
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