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  *受* | 受* | *受
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom
HSK 3
cannot help / unable to bear
HSK 5
to bear / to support / to inherit
HSK 4
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  *經* | 經* | *經
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
HSK 2
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  *勝* | 勝* | *勝
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
HSK 3
to bear; to endure
HSK 5
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  *忍* | 忍* | *忍
to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself
HSK 5
to bear fruit
HSK 7-9
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  *帶* | 帶* | *帶
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條|条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
HSK 2
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for / conscientious
HSK 3
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
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  *負* | 負* | *負
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
HSK 6
to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
HSK 1
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  *戴* | 戴* | *戴
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support
HSK 4
cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely
HSK 7-9
can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
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  *熊* | 熊* | *熊
bear / (coll.) to scold; to rebuke / (coll.) weak; incapable
HSK 5
to bear grudges
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
can't bear to
to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance
HSK 7-9
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
to bear witness; to testify / to serve as evidence
a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried
HSK 7-9
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
to shoulder / to bear / to undertake
HSK 7-9
Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)
to serve as evidence for (an accusation etc); to reinforce (a perception); to bear out; to substantiate
to support / to bear (a weight) / to prop up
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
to give birth to; to bear / fertility
HSK 7-9
to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship / to bear one's cross
can't help it / can't bear it
HSK 7-9
falling stock prices / bear market
to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume
to bear the brunt
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
bear market
cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
HSK 7-9
bear hug; to give (sb) a bear-hug
to bear hardships
HSK 7-9
back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build
the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
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  *標* | 標* | *標
mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units
HSK 7-9
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
to bear and raise children
to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
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  *耐* | 耐* | *耐
(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
HSK 7-9
teddy bear (loanword)
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to bear responsibility for sth
(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
to bear part of the cost
to bear fruit
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
cannot bear to see / to hate / to dislike / to disapprove
cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely
to bear; to endure; to tolerate
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
cannot bear to
to support / to bear the weight of (a building)
to bear the weight / to sustain
HSK 7-9
to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant
bear paw (as food)
similar in expression and spirit / to bear a remarkable resemblance to
to bear patiently / to endure silently / to forbear
(coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for
relates to / bears upon
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter
brown bear
polar bear / white bear
(Internet slang) can't contain oneself / unable to bear / can't help (doing sth)
polar bear
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
to be able to bear / to be able to support
bear market
to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law)
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  *惌* | 惌* | *惌
to bear a grudge against
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  *承* | 承* | *承
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive
grizzly bear
to bear fruit
to carry / to bear
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
(old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit
to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage
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  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of
HSK 1
unable to tolerate / intolerant / unable to bear sth
brown bear
unable to bear the pain (idiom)
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom) / unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind / not prepared to turn a blind eye
not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see

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