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


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