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HSK
to bear / to support / to inherit
HSK 4
to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge
HSK 4
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
HSK 4
to undertake / to accept a contract
HSK 5
to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc)
HSK 5
to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment
HSK 6
to bear the weight / to sustain
HSK 7-9
to contract / to undertake (a job)
HSK 7-9
to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition)
HSK 7-9
to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance
HSK 7-9
eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)
to comply with / to submit to
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
to complement one another
to contract for an entire project
(commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)
to rent / to lease
to agree / to promise
goods on consignment
adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit
(mechanical) bearing
to confess / to admit / to come clean / calmly
to be indebted (to sb)
(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US-trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960
carrying capacity
to inherit / to follow / to adopt
flattering and fawning (idiom) / sweet-talking
to receive / to accept / to carry on
to agree (to do sth) / to promise
you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
right of inheritance
carrying capacity
Chengde, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
to undertake / to take on (i.e. to accept a task)
ball bearing
underwriting company / dealership / sales agency
to promise readily
Chengde county in Chengde 承德, Hebei
to bear (responsibility) / to take on / to assume
to construct under contract
to take responsibility
to fawn on / to flatter / to ingratiate oneself / flattery
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
to inherit a rank (from a predecessor)
to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)
variant of 秉承
policy of non-recognition
to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to
to promise to pay
roller bearing
underwriting group
Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
inheritress
leaser / tenant
grantee (law)
successor
carrier (of goods etc)
to be indebted to sb for care / thank you for looking after me
flatterer
trial judge
to support / to bear (a weight) / to prop up
sales agent / salesman / consignee / underwriter
lead underwriter
to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery
contractor
main bearing
prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase
responsible crew system
(responsible) crew
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
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  *承* | 承* | *承
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God
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  *承* | 承* | *承
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
contractor
tolerance / capability of adapting oneself
(successive periods of) peace and prosperity / peaceful
(often used in the negative) to anticipate; to expect; to think that sth would happen
to cater to sb to make them happy (esp. of one's parents)
borrower / leaser / the hiring side of a contract
guilty plea (law)
to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
to underwrite (i.e. guarantee financing) / underwriting / to sell as agent / consignee
underwriting spread
underwriting spread
goods on consignment
dealership
to present (a draft) for acceptance (commerce)
to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc)
to support / to bear the weight of (a building)
fulcrum pin
non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC) (transportation)
to fawn upon sb in every possible way
to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
heir / successor
to take up sb's mantle / to follow in sb's steps

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