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1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

四平八稳

sì píng bā wěn

1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary

四海升平

sì hǎi shēng píng

1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
2 worldwide peace (idiom)

Sample Sentences

可不是嘛，这第二点，免税品，无论是当地免税店，机场免税店抑或是飞机客舱服务中贩售的免税商品质量都有保障，免除了在部分电子商务平台购得冒牌货的后顾之忧。

kěbushì ma ，zhè dì èr diǎn ，miǎn shuì pǐn ，wúlùn shì dāngdì miǎn shuì diàn ，jīchǎng miǎn shuì diàn yìhuò shì fēijī kècāng fúwù zhōng fànshòu de miǎn shuì shāngpǐn zhìliàng dōu yǒu bǎozhàng ，miǎnchú le zài bùfen diànzǐshāngwù píngtái gòudé màopáihuò de hòugùzhīyōu 。

Right? Secondly, duty-free goods, whether it’s local duty-free shops, duty-free shops at airports or duty free goods sold during cabin service on the plane, are all reliable in terms of quality, relieving you of the worry over the risk that you might be buying counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms.

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外送的经济模式在中国各大城市无所不在，像是杭州、苏州、上海、北京，非常多人使用外送的平台。

wàisòng de jīngjì móshì zài Zhōngguó gè dàchéngshì wúsuǒbùzài ，xiàngshì Hángzhōu 、Sūzhōu 、Shànghǎi 、Běijīng ，fēicháng duō rén shǐyòng wàisòng de píngtái 。

You can see economic models of delivery service everywhere in big cities in China, such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing. There are many people using delivery service platforms.

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仿佛一夜之间，夸夸群突然火了，有人为寻求认同，有人为取悦伴侣，“收费夸人”的服务亦应运而生，多个电商平台已上线“在线夸人服务”。但在业内看来，夸夸群终究只是一时的产物，并不能真正解决焦虑、缺乏认同的话题，难以形成常态，其目前的一些盈利模式也难以实现规模性放大。

fǎngfú yīyèzhījiān ，kuākuāqún tūrán huǒ le ，yǒurén wéi xúnqiú rèntóng ，yǒurén wéi qǔyuè bànlǚ ，“shōufèi kuā rén ”de fúwù yì yìngyùnérshēng ，duōge diànshāng píngtái yǐ shàngxiàn “zàixiàn kuā rén fúwù ”。dàn zài yè nèi kànlai ，kuākuāqún zhōngjiū zhǐshì yīshí de chǎnwù ，bìng bùnéng zhēnzhèng jiějué jiāolǜ 、quēfá rèntóng de huàtí ，nányǐ xíngchéng chángtài ，qí mùqián de yīxiē yínglì móshì yě nányǐshíxiàn guīmó xìng fàngdà 。

Overnight “praising groups” became hot among Chinese netizens. Some people sought recognition and some people wanted to please their partners. Such paid praising services took off and many e-commerce platforms were launched online. However, in the industry's view, after all, these services for exaggerated or over the top compliments are only temporary. They can't really solve the problem of anxiety and lack recognition. Therefore it’ll be difficult to become a norm, with some of its current profit models to achieve scale expansion.

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使用流行语就是为了好玩，大家对于一些词语会心照不宣地笑一下。“丁歆觉得，网络语言会让语言异化。“我们会把一些传统词语进行解构，重新放到现在的聊天环境下，本质上来说是污染了汉语原本的语义的，但这可能也是流行文化的意义。”复旦大学中文系教授申小龙认为，网络语言既是一种特殊的语言现象，也是一种社会文化现象，蕴含着丰富的社会文化、情感和心理。网络交际平台为交际者提供了一个较为宽松、便于自由创造的语域。

shǐyòng liúxíngyǔ jiùshì wèile hǎowán ，dàjiā duìyú yīxiē cíyǔ huì xīnzhàobùxuān de xiào yīxià 。“dīngxīn juéde ，Wǎngluò yǔyán huì ràng yǔyán yìhuà 。“wǒmen huì bǎ yīxiē chuántǒng cíyǔ jìnxíng jiěgòu ，chóngxīn fàng dào xiànzài de liáotiān huánjìng xià ，běnzhì shàng láishuō shì wūrǎn le Hànyǔ yuánběn de yǔyì de ，dàn zhè kěnéng yě shì liúxíng wénhuà de yìyì 。”FùdànDàxué Zhōngwén xì jiàoshòu Shēn xiǎolóng rènwéi ，Wǎngluò yǔyán jì shì yīzhǒng tèshū de yǔyán xiànxiàng ，yě shì yīzhǒng shèhuì wénhuà xiànxiàng ，yùnhán zhe fēngfù de shèhuì wénhuà 、qínggǎn hé xīnlǐ 。Wǎngluò jiāojì píngtái wéi jiāojì zhě tígōng le yīgē jiàowéi kuānsōng 、biànyú zìyóu chuàngzào de yǔyù 。

“When people use buzzwords they have fun knowing everyone using them will know their meanings”. Ding Xin feels that internet language will create dissimilation problems. “Some words are deconstructed and inserted into today’s conversations which essentially “pollutes” the original semantics of Chinese, but this may also be driven by popular cultural trends”. Shen Xiaolong, a professor of Chinese Department at Fudan University, believes that internet language is not only a special language phenomenon, but also a social and cultural phenomenon, which contains rich social culture, emotions and psychology. The internet social platform provides users with a more relaxed environment and drives creativity.

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大赛期间，来自全国各地的抖音爱好者将通过中国最火爆的抖音短视频平台，结合当地独具特色的人文风貌，参与相关话题互动，向全世界推广“传说中的迪庆”和“世界的香格里拉”，并有机会获得价值19800元的迪庆旅游大奖。

dàsài qījiān ，láizì quánguó gèdì de dǒuyīn àihàozhě jiāng tōngguò Zhōngguó zuì huǒbào de dǒuyīn duǎn shìpín píngtái ，jiéhé dāngdì dújù tèsè de rénwén fēngmào ，cānyù xiāngguān huàtí hùdòng ，xiàng quánshìjiè tuīguǎng “chuánshuō zhōng de díqìng ”hé “shìjiè de Xiānggélǐlā ”，bìng yǒu jīhuì huòdé jiàzhí yuán de díqìng lǚyóu dàjiǎng 。

During the competition, Tik tok fans from all over the country will participate in Tik Tok‘s most popular video platform in China interacting in topics which will combine the unique local cultural features and promote the “Legends of Diqing” and “Shangri-La of the world”. And even have the opportunity to win the Diqing Tourism Award of 19,800 yuan.

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自今年年初开始，iPhone已经经历三轮降价。最新一轮从3月5日开始，天猫苏宁、京东等各大电商平台纷纷加入，降价最高超过2000元。

zì jīnnián niánchū kāishǐ ， yǐjīng jīnglì sān lún jiàngjià 。zuìxīn yīlún cóng yuè rì kāishǐ ，tiānmāo sūníng 、jīngdōng děng gè dà diànshāng píngtái fēnfēn jiārù ，jiàngjià zuìgāo chāoguò yuán 。

Since the beginning of this year, iPhone has undergone three rounds of price cuts. The latest round began on March 5, and major e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, Suning, and Jingdong joined in, and the price cuts exceeded 2,000 yuan.

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英国广播公司和英国独立电视公司已确认，打算今年年底联合推出流媒体平台BritBox，以抗衡美国流媒体巨头奈飞。越来越多的观众舍弃传统广播电视渠道，希望在流媒体平台观看到及时更新的节目。

YīngguóGuǎngbōGōngsī hé Yīngguó dúlì diànshì gōngsī yǐ quèrèn ，dǎsuàn jīnnián niándǐ liánhé tuīchū liúméitǐ píngtái ，yǐ kànghéng Měiguó liúméitǐ jùtóu nàifēi 。yuèláiyuè duō de guānzhòng shěqì chuántǒng guǎngbō diànshì qúdào ，xīwàng zài liúméitǐ píngtái guānkàn dào jíshí gēngxīn de jiémù 。

The BBC and the British independent television company have confirmed that they intend to jointly launch the streaming media platform BritBox at the end of this year to counter the US streaming media giant Netflix. More and more viewers are abandoning the traditional radio and television channels to watch programs on the streaming media platform.

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法人和非法人组织，包括电子商务平台经营者、平台内经营者以及通过自建网站、其他网络服务销售商品或者提供服务的电子商务经营者。

fǎrén hé fēifǎrén zǔzhī ，bāokuò diànzǐshāngwù píngtái jīngyíngzhě 、píngtái nèi jīngyíngzhě yǐjí tōngguò zìjiànwǎngzhàn 、qítā wǎngluòfúwù xiāoshòu shāngpǐn huòzhě tígōng fúwù de diànzǐshāngwù jīngyíngzhě 。

Corporate and unincorporated organizations, including e-commerce platform operators, operators within the platform, and e-commerce operators who sell goods or provide services through self-built websites and other online services.

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卖货也意味着，此前处于法律盲区的个人海外代购将受到约束，纳入监管范畴。无论是在微信朋友圈里卖货，还是在直播平台带货，抑或是在淘宝开代购店，都将被列为电子商务经营者。

màihuò yě yìwèizhe ，cǐqián chǔyú fǎlǜ mángqū de gèrén hǎiwài dàigòu jiāng shòudào yuēshù ，nàrù jiānguǎn fànchóu 。wúlùnshì zài Wēixìn péngyou quānlǐ màihuò ，háishi zài zhíbō píngtái dàihuò ，yìhuò shì zài táobǎo kāi dàigòu diàn ，dōu jiāng bèi lièwéi diànzǐshāngwù jīngyíngzhě 。

Selling goods to individuals who have previously been in the legal blind zone will now face legal restrictions now that they’re included in the scope of supervision. Whether it is selling on WeChat (Moments) or in the live broadcast platform, or in Taobao shop, will be listed as e-commerce operators.

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在他看来，相比“平台”，岗位的具体内容更加重要，某种程度上决定了自己的去留。

zàitākànlái ，xiāngbǐ “píngtái ”，gǎngwèi de jùtǐ nèiróng gèngjiā zhòngyào ，mǒuzhǒng chéngdù shàng juédìng le zìjǐ de qùliú 。

According to him, the nature and prospects of the post is more important than the “platform", and to some extent determines his decision to stay or leave.

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