[dāng]
[形]
（相称） equal
be well-matched in social and economic status (for marriage)
门当户对
well-matched in strength
实力相当
[动]
（担任； 充当） work as; serve as; be
serve [act] as interpreter
当翻译
work as a bus driver
当公共汽车司机
act like an overlord
当官做老爷
elect him group leader
选他当组长
He serves as a clerk in a bank.
他在一家银行当办事员。
（承当； 承受） bear; accept; deserve
dare to do sth. and dare to take responsibility for it
敢做敢当
I just don't deserve such praise.
我可当不起这样的夸奖。
One should answer for what he does.
一人做事一人当。
（主持； 掌管） direct; manage; be in charge of
manage household affairs
当家
（应当） ought; should; must
That's just as it should be.
理当如此。
Save what you can, but use what you must.
能省的就省，当用的还是得用。
[介]
（面对着； 向着） in sb.'s presence; to sb.'s face
Speak out in the presence of everyone.
当着大家谈。
You are telling me lies to my very face.
你在当着我的面撒谎。
（正在那时候、 那地方） just at (a time or place)
on the spot
当场
at that time
当时
[拟]
（撞击金属器物的声音） clank; clang
the tolling of a bell; the ding-dong of bells
当当的钟声
[名]
（姓氏） a surname
Dang Yang
当阳
[dàng]
[形]
（合宜； 合适） proper; right
be properly arranged
安排得当
inappropriate choice of words
用词不当
[动]
（抵得上） match; equal to
He can do the work of two persons put together.
他一个人能当两个人用。
（作为； 当做） treat as; regard as; take for
make good use of every penny
一分钱要当两分用
Don't treat me as [like] a child.
不要把我当小孩看待。
What do you take me for?
你把我当什么看?
（以为； 认为） think
I thought you didn't know.
我当你不知道。
I thought it was her.
我当是她呢。
（用实物做抵押向当铺借钱） pawn
pawn one's clothes; put one's clothes in pawn
当衣服
He pawned his watch for 30 yuan.
他的手表当了30元。
[名]
（指押在当铺里的实物） sth. pawned; pawn; pledge
take sth. out of pledge; redeem sth. pawned
赎当
[代]
（事情发生的时间） that very (day, etc.)
the same month; that very month
当月