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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藉* | 藉* | *藉
variant of
HSK 2
to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
to borrow sth for another use / to borrow an idea for one's own use
HSK 7-9
to draw support from / with the help of
HSK 7-9
to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
HSK 7-9
to seize the opportunity
to rent / to lease
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
to borrow or lend money / debit and credit items on a balance sheet
to borrow money; to lend money
to borrow books to read
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to lend money / to borrow money / loan
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
to lodge
receipt for a loan
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
to find an excuse
(honorific) May I ask?
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property / plagiarism
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom) / fig. to use sb's help
to borrow money
surrogate pregnancy
to attend school on a temporary basis
loanword / pretext
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
to use sth as a metaphor
concession (territory)
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
library card
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
to get an advance on one's pay
to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
lit. to borrow chopsticks / to make plans for sb else
to lend / to put out a loan
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
to borrow money for a short time
to use as pretext
contract for a loan
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
so as to / for the purpose of / in order to
to borrow money
to rely on sb for support
the borrower
to debit
metonymy
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
debit card
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
to live out a pointless existence
loan translation / to calque
to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow
to borrow
could I have a word with you? (in private)
debtor / borrower
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
to lend
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
IOU / receipt for a loan
to refer to / metaphor
borrower / debit side (of a balance sheet)
debit balance (accountancy)
book slip
to lend to sb
calque
to borrow money / to take a loan
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
call loan / short-term loan within banking
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
to look for a pretext
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
using this as a pretext; thereby
by means of; through; by
by means of; through; with the help of
to make a lot of excuses


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