借
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Definitions
- 1. to lend
- 2. to borrow
- 3. by means of
- 4. to take (an opportunity)
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 借
to draw support from
to use as an excuse
receipt for a loan
to borrow sth for another use
to draw on (others' experience)
to rely on
to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
could I have a word with you? (in private)
metonymy
so as to
in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
to lodge
to borrow money
debtor
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
borrower
to lend
to lend sb a knife to kill sb
to borrow sb's authority
to borrow
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
to live out a pointless existence
(honorific) May I ask?
receipt for a loan
to use sth as a metaphor
contract for a loan
see 通假字[tōng jiǎ zì]
to stay with sb
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
to refer to
receipt for a loan
to get an advance on one's pay
to find an excuse
borrower
debit balance (accountancy)
book slip
library card
lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
to seize the opportunity
to lend money
the borrower
to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
to use as pretext
lit. to borrow chopsticks
to lend to sb
surrogate pregnancy
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
to debit
debit card
loanword
to temporarily transfer (personnel)
loan translation
calque
to attend school on a temporary basis
to borrow or lend money
to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
to borrow money
excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
to rely on sb for support
to borrow money; to lend money
to learn from (how others do things)
to borrow books to read
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
to make use of
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jiǎ jiè zì] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[ér] originally meant \beard\ but acquired the meaning \and\)
to lend
call loan
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
to lend (sth other than money)
see 有借有還，再借不難|有借有还，再借不难[yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán]
to look for a pretext
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
to borrow money for a short time
to borrow money
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
to rent
concession (territory)
to put to a different use
extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì])
using this as a pretext
to make a lot of excuses