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HSK
to bully
HSK 6
victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle
HSK 5
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for / conscientious
HSK 3
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *負* | 負* | *負
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
HSK 6
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
left panel (displayed by swiping right from the main panel of the home screen)
person in charge
HSK 5
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
to shoulder / to bear / to undertake
HSK 7-9
to live up to
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
in a pique / sulky / cross
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
HSK 7-9
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
negative growth / economic recession
to be responsible for
HSK 7-9
to determine success or failure
conceited / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
positrons and electrons
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
traitor to one's love / heartless rat
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
negative number
negative pole / cathode
load / burden / charge
seasoned / honed to perfection over centuries / special reserve
to be wounded / to sustain an injury
to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance)
negative energy / negativity
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
to alleviate a burden on sb
deficient / to let sb down / to cause sb suffering
negative electric charge
to implicate / to involve
burden
negative feedback
(math.) plus or minus sign; ±
ungrateful / heartless / to fail to be loyal to one's love
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
opossum (zoo.)
to admit defeat
negative ion / anion (physics)
to carry / to support / load
weight training
balance sheet
positive and negative
negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
debtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁)
excess load / an overload / overloaded
to degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
(literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)
(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
(computing) load balancing
to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign
to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
(literary) to feel apologetic / to feel guilty
negative correlation
suction / negative pressure
negative (in photography)
to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil
(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden
negative value (math.)
tax burden
current liability
basement level 1; floor B1
negative (response, emotion etc)
seriously injured
electronegativity
bearer
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
variant of 辜負|辜负
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
to live up to expectations (idiom)
deep in debt
heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
negative integer
payload
the losing side


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