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Character Decomposition
在=才+土
Etymology
earth
Meanings
to exist; to be alive
(of sb or sth) to be (located) at
(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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Words with 在 355 total
luckily · fortunately好在hǎo zàiwhere? · what place?何在hé zàinot to be present · to be out · (euphemism) to pass away · to be deceased不在bù zàiinner · internal · intrinsic · innate内在nèi zàireally · actually · indeed · true · real · honest · dependable · (philosophy) reality实在shí zàihidden · potential · latent潜在qián zàiexternal · extrinsic外在wài zàiplace · location · (after a noun) place where it is located所在suǒ zàinow; at present; currently现在xiàn zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently...-ing正在zhèng zàito be present; to be on the scene在场zài chǎngsitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)在朝zài cháobehind在后zài hòuto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) · (often used in the negative) to care about在乎zài hunear at hand · imminent · within sight在即zài jíto be at home · (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 chū chāi) · (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 chū jiā)在家zài jiāunder construction在建zài jiànto be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)在教zài jiàoreasonable · sensible在理zài lǐto be in office; incumbent在任zài rèn
Idioms with 在 142 total Chain
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease安闲自在ān xián zì zaito be nothing difficult · to be a cinch不在话下bù zài huà xiàdon't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)不在其位，不谋其政bù zài qí wèi , bù móu qí zhèngsuccess or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment成败在此一举chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ
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