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


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