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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 embrace / to hug
HSK 5
to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied
HSK 5
to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
HSK 6
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
HSK 7-9
to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
to band together; to team up
to hug; to give a cuddle
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation
to hug / to embrace
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
to adopt (a child)
to encircle / to surround / to embrace
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
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
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
to be ill; to be in poor health
feel ashamed
to have a gnawing regret
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to enfold / to encircle
to latch on to the rich and powerful
feel wronged
Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to pay back a score / to get revenge / to requite / (old) variant of 抱怨
to hug / to embrace
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
caress
bear hug; to give (sb) a bear-hug
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
(sports) bouldering
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
ambition / an aspiration
to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
with arms crossed
to cross one's arms
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
Free Hugs Campaign
"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团)
body slam (wrestling move)
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县 in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, south Shandong
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
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 cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously / also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜
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
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort


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