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HSK
to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爬* | 爬* | *爬
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
HSK 2
(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape
HSK 7-9
to climb
reptile / (Internet) web crawler
to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion
Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
sledge
crawl (swimming stroke)
to comb through (historical documents etc); to unravel
mantis shrimp
reptile
sledge / also written 爬犁
reptiles / also written 爬行動物|爬行动物
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law / also written 扒灰
to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey
pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) / climbing pole
dog paddle (swimming style) / doggy style (sex position)
tick (zoology)
mantis shrimp
to climb up
(oral) to write (esp. for a living) / to spell out laboriously on squared paper
to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
reptile
reptiles / also written 爬行類|爬行类
to crawl / to creep
stumbling along


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