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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
weapon / arms / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兵* | 兵* | *兵
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抱* | 抱* | *抱
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)
HSK 7-9
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揽* | 揽* | *揽
to monopolize; to seize / to take into one's arms; to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搂* | 搂* | *搂
to hug / to embrace / to hold in one's arms
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抡* | 抡* | *抡
to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
HSK 7-9
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
lit. to form an army / to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) / to found / opening (ceremony) / to commission (arms system, naval vessel) / to graduate from an apprenticeship
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庹* | 庹* | *庹
length of 2 outstretched arms
weaponry / weapons / arms
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徽* | 徽* | *徽
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拥* | 拥* | *拥
to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
arms / both arms / two arms
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
(military) arms / armaments
arsenal / store of arms
to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997
arms sales
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
weapons / arms / fighting / war
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摽* | 摽* | *摽
to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with; to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit; to beat
ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms)
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
arms / weapons
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to bare one's arms (in agitation)
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
to hold in one's arms / to embrace
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
to rise to action with a determined shake of the arms
arms race / armament(s) race
linking arms / arm in arm / very close
by force / to conquer by force of arms / power
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
embargo on arms sale
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
with arms crossed
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
to cross one's arms
arms company
to lay down arms
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
nuclear arms
to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
coat of arms
to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
arms reduction
arms deal
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword
to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)


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