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  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
HSK 2
reliable
HSK 3
to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
HSK 4
to be close to / to approach; to draw near
HSK 5
to draw close to
HSK 7-9
orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on / left to one's own devices
back cushion
(Tw) (slang) to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death")
reliability
bosh! / crap! / see also 哇靠
to be right next to / to lean closely against
patron; backer / close to a mountain
reliable; trustworthy
to call at / to stop at / berth
unreliable
(idiom) having nothing to rely on; on one's own
to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair
to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation
high-back chair
to use / to rely on / by means of
(of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall
window seat
to rely on help from sb
lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land
unreliable
(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
(Tw) whoa!; holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!")
see 靠北
port of call
back to back
variant of 靠腰
trust
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to keep to the side / to pull over / move aside!
to recline
on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc)
bus or tram stop / intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc) / port of call / stopover
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
firm and solid / robust / reliable
reliable / solid and dependable
by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
reliable / reasonable / probable
next to the aisle / aisle (seat on aircraft)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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