Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
variant of
HSK 2
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to draw support from / with the help of
HSK 7-9
to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext
HSK 7-9
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
HSK 7-9
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
using this as a pretext; thereby
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
to rent / to lease
to find an excuse
to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet
to borrow money; to lend money
to attend school on a temporary basis
to lend / to put out a loan
to debit
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
to borrow books to read
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
to seize the opportunity
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
receipt for a loan
metonymy
to borrow money
to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
(honorific) May I ask?
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to lend to sb
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
loanword / pretext
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
to borrow money / to take a loan
to get an advance on one's pay
to use as pretext
to borrow money for a short time
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to lend
concession (territory)
to rely on sb for support
to borrow money
the borrower
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
to lodge
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
could I have a word with you? (in private)
debtor / borrower
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
to borrow
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to live out a pointless existence
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
to use sth as a metaphor
contract for a loan
IOU / receipt for a loan
to refer to / metaphor
debit balance (accountancy)
book slip
library card
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
surrogate pregnancy
debit card
loan translation / to calque
calque
to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
call loan / short-term loan within banking
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow
to look for a pretext
by means of; through; by
to make a lot of excuses
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing


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