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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
to latch on to the rich and powerful
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
(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 have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
to hug; to give a cuddle
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
body slam (wrestling move)
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
to adopt (a child)
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
feel ashamed
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
to cross one's arms
(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
Free Hugs Campaign
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 band together; to team up
to have a gnawing regret
to be ill; to be in poor health
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县 in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, south Shandong
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 / also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜
"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团)
feel wronged
(sports) bouldering


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