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weapon / arms / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兵* | 兵* | *兵
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抄* | 抄* | *抄
to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
HSK 4
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搂* | 搂* | *搂
to hug / to embrace / to hold in one's arms
HSK 7-9
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揽* | 揽* | *揽
to monopolize; to seize / to take into one's arms; to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
HSK 7-9
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抡* | 抡* | *抡
to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. to possess remarkable abilities / a being of formidable powers
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
coat of arms
weaponry / weapons / arms
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徽* | 徽* | *徽
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庹* | 庹* | *庹
length of 2 outstretched arms
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拥* | 拥* | *拥
to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
arms / both arms / two arms
(military) arms / armaments
arsenal / store of arms
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摽* | 摽* | *摽
to bind tightly / to link (arms) / to hang around with; to stick close to (sb) / to compete / (literary) to hit; to beat
Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
arms sales
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
weapons / arms / fighting / war
ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms)
to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
arms / weapons
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
to bare one's arms (in agitation)
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
to hold in one's arms / to embrace
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
to rise to action with a determined shake of the arms
arms race / armament(s) race
linking arms / arm in arm / very close
by force / to conquer by force of arms / power
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
embargo on arms sale
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
with arms crossed
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
lit. to form an army / to set up (team, group, band, organization etc) / to found / opening (ceremony) / to commission (arms system, naval vessel) / to graduate from an apprenticeship
to cross one's arms
arms company
to lay down arms
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
nuclear arms
to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
arms reduction
arms deal
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword


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