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1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

可以

kě yǐ

1 can
2 may
3 possible
4 able to
5 not bad
6 pretty good

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

一言以蔽之

yī yán yǐ bì zhī

1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2 in a nutshell

不以人废言

bù yǐ rén fèi yán

1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers

不以为然

bù yǐ wéi rán

1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
2 to disapprove
3 to take exception to

不以规矩，不能成方圆

bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

Sample Sentences

难道这个也是中国式作风？现在大多数求职者的简历里都会附上自己的照片，生活照或者登记照，以便让老板们在面试之前就能对自己有所印象。我当年的这种正式求职照已经算是很老套了。

nándào zhège yě shì zhōngguóshì zuòfēng ？xiànzài dàduōshù qiúzhízhě de jiǎnlì lǐ dōu huì fùshàng zìjǐ de zhàopiàn ，shēnghuózhào huòzhě dēngjìzhào ，yǐbiàn ràng lǎobǎnmen zài miànshì zhīqián jiù néng duì zìjǐ yǒusuǒ yìnxiàng 。wǒ dāngnián de zhèzhǒng zhèngshì qiúzhízhào yǐjīng suànshì hěn lǎotào le 。

Are you saying that this is also a Chinese way of doing things? These days, most job-seekers include an informal or ID photo on their resume. It's so that the managers will have some kind of an impression of you before the interview. The formal job-hunt photos I took in those days would already be considered too old-fashioned.

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我们以物料方式提供广告支持，个别需要现金的项目再单独讨论。相应地，我们也要求你方提供每季一次的市场营销报告，以便我们调整广告支持力度。

wǒmen yǐ wùliào fāngshì tígōng guǎnggào zhīchí ，gèbié xūyào xiànjīn de xiàngmù zài dāndú tǎolùn 。xiāngyìng de ，wǒmen yě yāoqiú nǐfāng tígōng měi jì yī cì de shìchǎng yíngxiāo bàogào ，yǐbiàn wǒmen tiáozhěng guǎnggào zhīchí lìdù 。

We provide promotional materials for advertising support. We can discuss specific projects requiring cash individually. On a related note, we request that you provide a marketing report every quarter so that we can adjust our level of advertising support.

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就是啊。现在世界排名500强的企业，绝大多数都已经在中国设立了分支机构，各公司之间的竞争也非常激烈。就连一些中小型企业也开始寻求合作伙伴，以便来中国做生意。

jiùshì ā 。xiànzài shìjiè páimíng wǔbǎi qiáng de qǐyè ，juédàduōshù dū yǐjīng zài Zhōngguó shèlì le fēnzhījīgòu ，gè gōngsī zhījiān de jìngzhēng yě fēicháng jīliè 。jiù Lián yīxiē zhōngxiǎoxíng qǐyè yě kāishǐ xúnqiú hézuòhuǒbàn ，yǐbiàn lái Zhōngguó zuòshēngyì 。

Yeah. These days the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies have set up branch offices in China. The competition between the companies is extremely intense. Even some small- to mid-size companies are starting to look for partners to make it easier to come do business in China.

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Environmental pollution is definitely a serious problem these days. But the government has consistently done more to strengthen its protection of the environment. Recently, a lot of chemical companies were closed to reduce the release of pollution. The country has also put a lot of financial resources into developing water purification and recycling systems to solve the problems of water pollution and shortages. And then there's all kinds of ``greening," and measures to protect the ecological environment are getting started. That goes to show that everyone takes environmental protection more seriously all the time. I think that as common citizens, I think we just need to take care of our own business. You can count that as making a contribution to environmental protection.

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