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HSK
shoulder
HSK 7-9
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  *肩* | 肩* | *肩
shoulder / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
HSK 5
backpack
alongside / shoulder to shoulder / side by side / abreast
shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to bear responsibility for sth
to carry on the shoulder
to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
scapula / shoulder blade
shoulder to shoulder
lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps / a thronging crowd
sleeveless jacket (usually cotton) / Chinese waistcoat
hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
(idiom) to be crowded together
to brush past; to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
level with one's shoulders / (of two people) both the same height
shoulder
lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job
shoulder / shoulder area
sloping shoulders / irresponsible / work-shy
shoulder bag
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
to be shoulder to shoulder / (fig.) to be as good as; to match / Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
sloping shoulders
shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric / CL: 條|条
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
(judo) shoulder throw
responsible / reliable
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
epaulet / shoulder loop / shoulder mark
shoulder / scapular region / scapula
shoulder pad
in rapid succession (of children, close in age) / shoulder-to-shoulder
a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder
(bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
to shrug one's shoulders
shoulder-fired missile
(bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
frozen shoulder (medicine)
to bear / to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
(literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc)
(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring
erhua variant of 坎肩


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