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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吊* | 吊* | *吊
to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吊* | 吊* | *吊
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of
HSK 6
(idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
HSK 7-9
to suspend (an agreement) / to revoke
HSK 7-9
to hoist
to tow (a car)
a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
suspenders / garters / shoulder strap / brace / sling
hanging lamp
hanging basket (for flowers) / gondola (of cable car)
suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
suspended ceiling; false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling
hoist / crane / elevator
to construct by hoisting ready-built components into place
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
to hang oneself
(coll.) lowest-ranking (student, participant etc) / to rank at the bottom of the list / to finish last
tower crane
to suspend / to hang
drawbridge / suspension bridge
to put sb on an intravenous drip
to offer condolences (for the deceased) / to condole
rings (gymnastics)
infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
death by hanging / to hang oneself
hammock
sling
spreader (for pallet, container etc)
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person
a ceiling fan / a punka
plumbline
suspenders (for stockings)
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
to suspend (a license etc)
to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
a sash window
variant of 吊唁
(dialect) to flirt (derog.)
house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts / house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts
suspended bunk
(coll.) to keep sb in suspense / to tantalize / to keep on tenterhooks
ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game)
to hold memorial service / to hold a funeral
camisole (women's garment)
hangtag; swing tag / hanging sign
sloppy
halter top / spaghetti strap top / sun top
to perform a drop shot (tennis etc) / drop shot
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪)
bizarre / paradoxical / a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
to offer condolences / to console the bereaved
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat
to hang oneself
a pendant (jewelry)
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
voice training (for Chinese opera)
a tower crane
to transport by crane / to convey
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus)
crane / hoist
an overhung door / a door that hinges upwards
to put sb on an intravenous drip (Tw)
to grieve for the sick and the dying / to show great concern for people's suffering
a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation
to mourn and offer prayers
ski-lift
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
variant of 調卷|调卷
strappado bondage
to bring to trial / to bring to court
to hang sb up and beat him / (fig.) (slang) to own (one's opponent) / to thoroughly dominate
(a container) carried suspended or underslung / cable car bucket
a rope ladder
trapeze (gymnastics)
"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc
sling; hoisting rope / suspension cable
baggy pants / sagging pants
(dialect) to put sb on an intravenous drip
to revisit the past / to commemorate
a condolence visit
a visitor offering condolences
paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
strange and paradoxical
to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased)
to put sb on an intravenous drip
tow truck


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