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  *掛* | 掛* | *掛
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 register (at a hospital etc) / to send by registered mail
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
to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
HSK 7-9
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
padlock
lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market)
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
to suspend / to hang
plug-in (software) (Tw)
to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom
to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
wall clock
wall chart
to be in command / (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized
tapestry
to attach sb's name to (a role); to go by the title of / nominal; in name only
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit
(dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind
to decorate for festive occasions / to be wounded in action
trailer
to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation
to put on a suit of armor / to put on dress / to wear
to hang up the phone
(sports) to hang up one's boots; to retire
to pull / to tow
to worry / to be on one's mind
to worry about
concerned / troubled / having sth on one's mind
worry
registered letter
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
deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
wall calendar
to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes
not worth mentioning (idiom)
to hang down / suspended
to have no cares / to be carefree
(of a tree) to bear fruit
hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
to put into gear / to engage the gear / gear change
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
ice (rime) formed on a tree
to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
(of a monk) to take residence at a temple
to complete the year's harvest
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
wall hanging
variant of 掛褡|挂褡
hanging decoration
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game
to put sb on an intravenous drip
lanyard
to keep saying (sth) over and over
to hang up (a phone)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
garment steamer
temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post
hang-gliding
to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
to register as an emergency case at a hospital
to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)
Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
(coll.) to have a lot in common (with sb) / to get along well with each other
18-wheeler / big rig / semi-trailer
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
caring only about money and wealth
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
preoccupied with school grades / overemphasis on test scores
(coll.) to get drunk / to get hammered
hang-glider
to get caught (entangled) / to catch (on sth)
locket
vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
to fail (a course)
register card
(computing) to mount
erhua variant of 掛鉤|挂钩
Trojan horse, to add malware to a website or program (computing)
pasta / noodles
flipchart
to worry deeply about sth / extremely concerned
automatic gear change
accessory hook
to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂) / (coll.) unbelievably good


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