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to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
HSK 7-9
carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:
HSK 7-9
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *背* | 背* | *背
to carry on one's back / (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
HSK 7-9
to encumber / to be a burden on / to implicate
HSK 7-9
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to alleviate a burden on sb
wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline
HSK 7-9
to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
to lay down a heavy burden
(military) supplies (munitions, rations, clothing etc) / equipment and supplies taken on an expedition / (fig.) burden
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5]
draft animal / beast of burden
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden
to have a weight on one's mind / to take on a mental burden
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
draft animals / beasts of burden
(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
beast of burden
encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
tax burden
to loosen a yoke / to remove harness (from beast of burden)
lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job
to shoulder a burden
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
wagon (yoked to beast of burden)
to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)
load / burden / charge
heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol
anxious / distressed / burdened with care
heavy load / heavy burden
(literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc)
draft animal / beast of burden
(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden
burden


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