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1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
2 to use this in place of that
3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

各取所需

gè qǔ suǒ xū

1 each takes what he needs (idiom)

咎由自取

jiù yóu zì qǔ

1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
2 to bring trouble through one's own actions

囊中取物

náng zhōng qǔ wù

1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
2 in the bag
3 (as good as) in one's possession

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英国、法国、比利时等欧洲多国宣布，高等院校开学将推迟至9月。这意味着，高校本学期将全部采取网络教学。对于很多高校而言，网课并不是新鲜事物。但面对如此大规模将课堂授课改为线上授课，各国教育机构和师生们都仍在探索和调整。

Yīngguó 、Fǎguó 、Bǐlìshí děng Ōuzhōu duō guó xuānbù ，gāoděng yuànxiào kāixué jiāng tuīchí zhì jiǔ yuè 。zhè yìwèi zhe ，gāoxiào běn xuéqī jiàng quánbù cǎiqǔ Wǎngluò jiàoxué 。duìyú hěnduō gāoxiào éryán ，wǎngkè bìng búshi xīnxiān shìwù 。dàn miànduì rúcǐ dà guīmó jiāng kètáng shòukè gǎi wéi xiànshàng shòukè ，gèguó jiàoyù jīgòu hé shīshēng men dōu réng zài tànsuǒ hé tiáozhěng 。

Several European countries including the UK, France, and Belgium have announced that colleges and universities are postponing the new semester to September. This means that universities are implementing online teaching for this whole semester. For many universities, online courses are not something new. But when facing the replacement of physical classrooms with online courses on such a large scale, the educational institutions, teachers, and students in these countries are still exploring and adjusting accordingly.

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明白。我会采取一些网络营销的策略。

míngbai 。wǒ huì cǎiqǔ yīxiē wǎngluò yíngxiāo de cèlüè 。

I understand. I'll adopt some online marketing strategies.

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中国内地已经决定将会为白色污染和免费塑料袋画上句号。中国国务院办公厅日前向中国内地的各省、自治区、直辖市人民政府、国务院各部委、各直属机构下发了通知，表示说购物袋已经成为白色污染的主要来源。从今年 6月1号开始，全国将禁止免费提供购物塑料袋。为了落实科学发展观、建设资源节约型和环保友好型社会，从源头上采取有力的措施，督促企业生产耐用、易于回收的塑料购物袋，引导、鼓励群众合理使用塑料购物袋；促进资源综合利用、保护生态环境、进一步推进节能减排的工作，自2008年6月1号开始，在所有的超市、商场、集贸市场等商品零售场所，实行塑料购物袋有偿使用的制度，一律不得免费提供塑料购物袋。今后各地人民政府、部委等应禁止生产、销售、使用超薄塑料购物袋。

Zhōngguónèidì yǐjīng juédìng jiāng huì wèi báisè wūrǎn hé miǎnfèi sùliào dài huà shàng jùhào 。Zhōngguó guówùyuàn bàngōngtīng rìqián xiàng Zhōngguónèidì de gèshěng 、zìzhìqū 、zhíxiáshìrénmínzhèngfǔ 、guówùyuàn gèbùwěi 、gè zhíshǔjīgòu xià fā le tōngzhī ，biǎoshì shuō gòuwù dài yǐjīng chéngwéi báisè wūrǎn de zhǔyàoláiyuán 。cóng jīnnián liùyuèyīhào kāishǐ ，quánguó jiāng jìnzhǐ miǎnfèi tígōng gòuwù sùliào dài 。wèile luòshí kēxué fāzhǎnguān 、jiànshè zīyuán jiéyuē xíng hé huánbǎoyǒuhǎo xíng shèhuì ，cóng yuántóu shàng cǎiqǔ yǒu lì de cuòshī ，dūcù qǐyè shēngchǎn nàiyòng 、yì yú huíshōu de sùliào gòuwù dài ，yǐndǎo 、gǔlì qúnzhòng hélǐ shǐyòng sùliào gòuwù dài ；cùjìn zīyuán zōnghé lìyòng 、bǎohù shēngtàihuánjìng 、jìnyībù tuījìn jiénéng jiǎnpái de gōngzuò ，zì èrlínglíngbā nián liùyuè yīhào kāishǐ ，zài suǒyǒu de chāoshì 、shāngchǎng 、jímàoshìchǎng děng shāngpǐnlíngshòu chǎngsuǒ ，shíxíng sùliào gòuwù dài yǒucháng shǐyòng de zhìdù ，yīlǜ bùdé miǎnfèi tígōng sùliào gòuwù dài 。jīnhòu gèdì rénmínzhèngfǔ 、bùwěi děng yīng jìnzhǐ shēngchǎn 、xiāoshòu 、shǐyòng chāobáo sùliào gòuwù dài 。

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你可真是沉不住气啊，政府不是一直在采取措施降低房价吗？今年或者明年肯定能降下来，到时候再买也不迟啊。

nǐ kě zhēnshì chénbuzhùqì a ，zhèngfǔ bùshì yīzhí zài cǎiqǔ cuòshī jiàngdī fángjià ma ？jīnnián huòzhě míngnián kěndìng néng jiàng xialai ，dàoshíhou zài mǎi yě bùchí a 。

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