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to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied
HSK 5
to embrace / to hug
HSK 5
to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
HSK 6
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
HSK 7-9
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to hug; to give a cuddle
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
to encircle / to surround / to embrace
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
to band together; to team up
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香临时抱佛脚)
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
to adopt (a child)
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
to hug / to embrace
ambition / an aspiration
feel wronged
to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
to be ill; to be in poor health
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
feel ashamed
to have a gnawing regret
to enfold / to encircle
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to latch on to the rich and powerful
to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
caress
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
to hug / to embrace
body slam (wrestling move)
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
Free Hugs Campaign
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县 in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, south Shandong
with arms crossed
lit. to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / fig. to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团)
(sports) bouldering
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to cross one's arms
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously / also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜
bear hug; to give (sb) a bear-hug
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden


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