（相称） equal:

• 门当户对

  be well-matched in social and economic status (for marriage);

• 实力相当

  well-matched in strength

（担任; 充当） work as; serve as; be:

• 当翻译

  serve [act] as interpreter;

• 当公共汽车司机

  work as a bus driver;

• 当官做老爷

  act like an overlord;

• 选他当组长

  elect him group leader;

• 他在一家银行当办事员。

  He serves as a clerk in a bank.

（承当; 承受） bear; accept; deserve:

• 敢做敢当

  dare to do sth. and dare to take responsibility for it;

• 我可当不起这样的夸奖。

  I just don't deserve such praise.

• 一人做事一人当。

  One should answer for what he does.

（主持; 掌管） direct; manage; be in charge of:

• 当家

  manage household affairs

（应当） ought; should; must:

• 理当如此。

  That's just as it should be.

• 能省的就省，当用的还是得用。

  Save what you can, but use what you must.

（面对着; 向着） in sb.'s presence; to sb.'s face:

• 当着大家谈。

  Speak out in the presence of everyone.

• 你在当着我的面撒谎。

  You are telling me lies to my very face.

（正在那时候、 那地方） just at (a time or place):

• 当场

  on the spot;

• 当时

  at that time

（撞击金属器物的声音） clank; clang:

• 当当的钟声

  the tolling of a bell; the ding-dong of bells

（姓氏） a surname:

• 当阳

  Dang Yang

（合宜; 合适） proper; right:

• 安排得当

  be properly arranged;

• 用词不当

  inappropriate choice of words

（抵得上） match; equal to:

• 他一个人能当两个人用。

  He can do the work of two persons put together.

（作为; 当做） treat as; regard as; take for:

• 一分钱要当两分用

  make good use of every penny;

• 不要把我当小孩看待。

  Don't treat me as [like] a child.

• 你把我当什么看?

  What do you take me for?

（以为; 认为） think:

• 我当你不知道。

  I thought you didn't know.

• 我当是她呢。

  I thought it was her.

（用实物做抵押向当铺借钱） pawn:

• 当衣服

  pawn one's clothes; put one's clothes in pawn;

• 他的手表当了30元。

  He pawned his watch for 30 yuan.

（指押在当铺里的实物） sth. pawned; pawn; pledge:

• 赎当

  take sth. out of pledge; redeem sth. pawned

（事情发生的时间） that very (day, etc.):

• 当月

  the same month; that very month