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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
HSK 1
arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
HSK 7-9
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  *披* | 披* | *披
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
HSK 5
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  *曬* | 曬* | *曬
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
HSK 4
shoulder
HSK 7-9
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  *肩* | 肩* | *肩
shoulder / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
HSK 5
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  *背* | 背* | *背
to carry on one's back / (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
HSK 3
upper limb (from shoulder to fingertips)
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  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
HSK 4
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  *扛* | 扛* | *扛
to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
HSK 7-9
to shoulder / to bear / to undertake
HSK 7-9
alongside / shoulder to shoulder / side by side / abreast
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  *挎* | 挎* | *挎
to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) handbag; purse / (Tw) (coll.) bag one carries (e.g. shoulder bag or backpack) / (coll.) small bump on the skin (pimple, mosquito bite etc)
shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
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  *膊* | 膊* | *膊
shoulder / upper arm
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to carry on the shoulder
to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder
HSK 7-9
cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
scapula / shoulder blade
shoulder to shoulder
lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps / a thronging crowd
hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
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  *擔* | 擔* | *擔
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
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  *擔* | 擔* | *擔
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
HSK 7-9
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  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
pork shoulder / (coll.) elbow
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  *㧯* | 㧯* | *㧯
round-bottomed wicker basket / (dialect) to lift / to carry on one's shoulder
level with one's shoulders / (of two people) both the same height
to bare one shoulder / (fig.) to side with / to discriminate in favor of
shoulder
deltoid muscle (over the shoulder)
a cold reception / to cold-shoulder sb
lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job
shoulder / shoulder area
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  *肘* | 肘* | *肘
elbow / pork shoulder
woman's handbag or shoulder bag
sloping shoulders / irresponsible / work-shy
shoulder bag
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
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  *掮* | 掮* | *掮
to carry on the shoulder
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  *髆* | 髆* | *髆
shoulder blade
to be shoulder to shoulder / (fig.) to be as good as; to match / Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
sloping shoulders
shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric / CL: 條|条
(lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying) / (fig.) to treat sb like garbage
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  *晾* | 晾* | *晾
to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
(judo) shoulder throw
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
incomparable / head and shoulders above the competition
epaulet / shoulder loop / shoulder mark
shoulder / scapular region / scapula
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
shoulder pad
in rapid succession (of children, close in age) / shoulder-to-shoulder
shoulder bag
head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent / outstanding
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
to look over one's shoulder constantly (like a wolf) / to be fearful
on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder
sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
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  *竦* | 竦* | *竦
respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
to shrug one's shoulders
height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
armband / armlet / shoulder emblem
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
shoulder-fired missile
suspenders / garters / shoulder strap / brace / sling
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  *孭* | 孭* | *孭
to carry on the back or shoulders (Cantonese)
carrying pole / shoulder pole / CL:
to shake (a part of one's body) / to shrug (shoulders) / to create a sensation / to incite
frozen shoulder (medicine)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
to bear / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
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  *胛* | 胛* | *胛
shoulder blade
to shoulder a burden
(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
carrier who carries heavy loads on his shoulder (dialect)


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