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to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
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  *举* | 举* | *举
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
HSK 2
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
HSK 2
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  *抬* | 抬* | *抬
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
HSK 5
to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement)
HSK 5
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift; to hoist / (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
HSK 6
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  *拎* | 拎* | *拎
to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
HSK 7-9
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  *抠* | 抠* | *抠
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve; to cut / to study meticulously / stingy; miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
HSK 7-9
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports)
HSK 7-9
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  *掀* | 掀* | *掀
to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse
HSK 7-9
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  *撬* | 撬* | *撬
to lift / to pry open / to lever open
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to lift a siege / to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment
HSK 7-9
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
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  *昂* | 昂* | *昂
to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive
to lift oneself out of poverty
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  *擎* | 擎* | *擎
to raise; to hold up; to lift up
to ride (in a vehicle) / to get a lift / to hitch-hike
wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting
to lift up / to hold high
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撩* | 撩* | *撩
to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
to raise / to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
to lift a prohibition
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铉* | 铉* | *铉
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
jack (for lifting weight)
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褰* | 褰* | *褰
to lift (clothes, sheets) / lower garments
passenger elevator / passenger lift
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
to lift open / to tear open
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挈* | 挈* | *挈
to raise / to lift / to take along (e.g. one's family)
magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc) / (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weight lifters etc
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舁* | 舁* | *舁
to lift / to raise
to lift restrictions (such as curfew or martial law)
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
to stir / to lift / to set sth in motion
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袺* | 袺* | *袺
lift up a dress
to send to / to deliver to / to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car)
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  *㧯* | 㧯* | *㧯
round-bottomed wicker basket / (dialect) to lift / to carry on one's shoulder
large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight
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  *攐* | 攐* | *攐
variant of , to hold up the hem of clothes / to lift up the skirts
freight elevator / goods lift
to win without needing to even lift a finger / victory presented on a platter
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  *挢* | 挢* | *挢
to raise / to lift / to pretend / counterfeit / unyielding / variant of 矯|矫 / to correct
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
to lift a ban / to end a lockdown
to thumb a lift / to hitchhike
to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger; to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances)
to lift up / (fig.) to put on display / to set forth / to expound
to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
to lift the fishnet
to be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
ski-lift
ski-lift
high-lift pallet truck; pallet stacker
to lift up
(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
anchor lift (ski-lift)
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself
Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on )


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