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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *假* | 假* | *假
fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *假* | 假* | *假
variant of / to borrow
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摘* | 摘* | *摘
to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select; to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need
HSK 5
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
credit / borrowed money
HSK 7-9
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
to borrow money; to lend money
to borrow books to read
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet
cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow
lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
to raise a loan / to borrow money
excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贷* | 贷* | *贷
to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贳* | 贳* | *贳
to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
to fail to return a borrowed item
to borrow money for a short time
to borrow money / to take a loan
to borrow money
(of a woman) to take out a loan with a lender who retains nude photos or videos of the borrower as collateral
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
the borrower
financial leverage / leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)
lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
debtor / borrower
to borrow
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
borrower / leaser / the hiring side of a contract
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield
to borrow money
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing


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