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  *抱* | 抱* | *抱
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
HSK 4
to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied
HSK 5
to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
HSK 6
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
to band together; to team up
to hug; to give a cuddle
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香临时抱佛脚)
to adopt (a child)
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
to be ill; to be in poor health
feel ashamed
to have a gnawing regret
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to latch on to the rich and powerful
feel wronged
body slam (wrestling move)
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
(sports) bouldering
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
to cross one's arms
(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
Free Hugs Campaign
"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团)
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县 in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, south Shandong
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously / also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜


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