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HSK
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for / conscientious
HSK 3
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden
HSK 4
victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle
HSK 5
person in charge
HSK 5
to bully
HSK 6
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to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)
HSK 6
negative / the negative side
HSK 7-9
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
HSK 7-9
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
to shoulder / to bear / to undertake
HSK 7-9
to shoulder (a burden) / to bear / to suffer (a disadvantage)
HSK 7-9
to be responsible for
HSK 7-9
conceited / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
to carry / to support / load
load / burden / charge
to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance)
tax burden
to alleviate a burden on sb
negative value (math.)
heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology
negative number
suction / negative pressure
(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden
to be wounded / to sustain an injury
negative pole / cathode
ungrateful / heartless / to fail to be loyal to one's love
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
deep in debt
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
negative electric charge
debtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁)
negative value sign - (math.) / minus sign
to live up to expectations (idiom)
seasoned / honed to perfection over centuries / special reserve
(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw
negative (in photography)
(literary) to feel apologetic / to feel guilty
deficient / to let sb down / to cause sb suffering
in a pique / sulky / cross
the losing side
to implicate / to involve
burden
negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
negative (response, emotion etc)
to admit defeat
(literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)
to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility
negative energy / negativity
negative correlation
negative feedback
traitor to one's love / heartless rat
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
basement level 1; floor B1
electronegativity
weight training
payload
to degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
to live up to
negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
negative ion / anion (physics)
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
to determine success or failure
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
negative growth / economic recession
negative integer
(computing) load balancing
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
variant of 辜負|辜负
to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
positive and negative
plus or minus sign ± (math.)
electrons and positrons
current liability
left panel (displayed by swiping right from the main panel of the home screen)
bearer
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
opossum (zoo.)
balance sheet
excess load / an overload / overloaded
seriously injured
communications load
to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back


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