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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
weapon / arms / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *兵* | 兵* | *兵
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铁* | 铁* | *铁
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)
HSK 3
weapons of war / arms
HSK 7-9
arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of arms
to circulate (a protest or call to arms) / to promulgate
arms company
weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
national emblem / national coat of arms
HSK 7-9
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
to swing one's arms / to wash one's hands of sth
arms race / armament(s) race
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
arms deal
arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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]
to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徽* | 徽* | *徽
badge / emblem / insignia / crest / logo / coat of 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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抡* | 抡* | *抡
to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搂* | 搂* | *搂
to hug / to embrace / to hold in one's arms
HSK 7-9
arsenal / store of arms
nuclear arms
to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
embargo on arms sale
coat of arms
to hold in one's arms / to embrace
to bare one's arms (in agitation)
dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
arms / both arms / two arms
to fold one's arms / copyist / (dialect) wonton
(military) arms / armaments
Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
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)
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
arms sales
lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom) / fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to cross one's arms
to wave one's hand / to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc) / to swing one's arms
weaponry / weapons / arms
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
weapons / arms / fighting / war
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庹* | 庹* | *庹
length of 2 outstretched arms
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing
linking arms / arm in arm / very close
to lay down arms
arms / weapons
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
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
to rise to action with a determined shake of the arms
to aid the enemy (with arms, ammunition, supplies, money etc)
to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword
ear of grain / gerbe (used on coats of arms)
one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
with arms crossed
to lay down one's arms / to surrender / to disarm
Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997
to fling one's arms and stamp one's feet (in anger or despair)
by force / to conquer by force of arms / power


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