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to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market)
to worry about / to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
to register (at a hospital etc) / to send by registered mail
HSK 7-9
wall calendar
to suspend / to hang / (vehicle) suspension
HSK 7-9
to put on a suit of armor / to put on dress / to wear
registered letter
to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
HSK 7-9
not worth mentioning (idiom)
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
18-wheeler / big rig / semi-trailer
temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
pasta / noodles
hanging decoration
to fail (a course)
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
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
(dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind
(coll.) to have a lot in common (with sb) / to get along well with each other
to decorate for festive occasions / to be wounded in action
to put sb on an intravenous drip
to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂) / (coll.) unbelievably good
to get caught (entangled) / to catch (on sth)
(idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree
trailer
wall clock
to report the loss of something
HSK 7-9
to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)
to be in command / (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized
hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
to keep saying (sth) over and over
register card
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
to hang up (a phone)
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game
to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation
to hang down / suspended
lanyard
ice (rime) formed on a tree
to worry / to be on one's mind
(computing) to mount
to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
to register as an emergency case at a hospital
concerned / troubled / having sth on one's mind
to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
plug-in (software) (Tw)
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
hang-gliding
to suspend / to hang
wall chart
to put into gear / to engage the gear / gear change
to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of / nominal; in name only
(sports) to hang up one's boots; to retire
to pull / to tow
to hang up the phone
to complete the year's harvest
accessory hook
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
(coll.) to get drunk / to get hammered
(of a monk) to take residence at a temple
preoccupied with school grades / overemphasis on test scores
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
to worry about
wall hanging
worry
to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom
(of a tree) to bear fruit
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
padlock
(computing) to infect with a Trojan horse
to worry deeply about sth / extremely concerned
garment steamer
hang-glider
tapestry
flipchart
automatic gear change
caring only about money and wealth
locket
erhua variant of 掛鉤|挂钩
variant of 掛褡|挂褡


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