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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with
HSK 2
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext
HSK 7-9
debit card
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
metonymy
to borrow money; to lend money
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
to draw support from / with the help of
HSK 7-9
using this as a pretext; thereby
by means of; through; by
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
loanword / pretext
to lend to sb
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
to refer to / metaphor
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
to rely on sb for support
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to use sth as a metaphor
to find an excuse
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to lodge
to borrow
debit balance (accountancy)
by means of; through; with the help of
to use as pretext
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
debtor / borrower
to get an advance on one's pay
lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
variant of
HSK 2
to lend
to borrow money
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
contract for a loan
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
to seize the opportunity
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
IOU / receipt for a loan
receipt for a loan
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
(honorific) May I ask?
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
loan translation / to calque
to borrow money / to take a loan
to attend school on a temporary basis
to debit
to borrow books to read
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
could I have a word with you? (in private)
to borrow the past as a model for the present
calque
book slip
surrogate pregnancy
the borrower
to live out a pointless existence
library card
to make a lot of excuses


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