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jiān
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. shoulder
  2. 2. to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4262102)

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Words Containing 肩

齐肩
qí jiān

level with one's shoulders

白肩黑鹮
bái jiān hēi huán

(bird species of China) white-shouldered ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)

肩射导弹
jiān shè dǎo dàn

shoulder-fired missile

肩起
jiān qǐ

to bear

过肩摔
guò jiān shuāi

shoulder throw (judo)

凝肩
níng jiān

frozen shoulder (medicine)

肩胛骨
jiān jiǎ gǔ

scapula

肩扛
jiān káng

to carry on the shoulder

肩负
jiān fù

to shoulder (a burden)

比肩
bǐ jiān

to be shoulder to shoulder

息肩
xī jiān

(literary) to put down one's burden

拱肩
gǒng jiān

a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)

骈肩
pián jiān

shoulder to shoulder

肩周炎
jiān zhōu yán

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

摩肩接踵
mó jiān jiē zhǒng

lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps

并肩
bìng jiān

alongside

溜肩膀
liū jiān bǎng

sloping shoulders

肩膊
jiān bó

shoulder

肩章
jiān zhāng

epaulet

有肩膀
yǒu jiān bǎng

responsible

擦肩而过
cā jiān ér guò

to brush past; to pass by (sb)

肩胛
jiān jiǎ

shoulder

白肩雕
bái jiān diāo

(bird species of China) eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

肩带
jiān dài

shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric

肩头
jiān tóu

on one's shoulders

披肩
pī jiān

cape

肩并肩
jiān bìng jiān

shoulder to shoulder

肩部
jiān bù

shoulder

肩膀
jiān bǎng

shoulder

秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān

beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

坎肩
kǎn jiān

sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)

单肩包
dān jiān bāo

shoulder bag

露肩
lòu jiān

(of a garment) off-the-shoulder; shoulder-baring

携手并肩
xié shǒu bìng jiān

hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi

arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)

双肩包
shuāng jiān bāo

backpack

耸肩
sǒng jiān

to shrug one's shoulders

仔肩
zī jiān

to bear responsibility for sth

搭肩
dā jiān

to help lift up onto one's shoulders

垫肩
diàn jiān

shoulder pad

五十肩
wǔ shí jiān

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)