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负
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Definitions
- 1. to bear
- 2. to carry (on one's back)
- 3. to turn one's back on
- 4. to be defeated
- 5. negative (math. etc)
Example Sentences
1 shown他 负 债了。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 负
deep in debt
burden
to be responsible for
seriously injured
to live up to expectations (idiom)
ungrateful
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
to shoulder (a burden)
to be in charge of
negative ion
negative correlation
traitor to one's love
excess load
negative (in photography)
a tie-break
heavy load
deficient
the author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here (disclaimer)
load
negative score
tax burden
payload
to shoulder
a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
electronegativity
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
to be in debt
positive and negative
to alleviate a burden on sb
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
debtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁[fù wēng])
negative pole
to disobey one's benefactor
bearer
to live up to
negative feedback
negative integer
to bully
electrons and positrons
as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
victory or defeat
communications load
suction
opossum (zoo.)
to take responsibility
negative value (math.)
weight training
(literary) to feel apologetic
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom)
negative value sign - (math.)
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization)
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
at fault
the losing side
to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
to bear
negative energy
negative
negative number
responsible for its profit and losses (of organization)
to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
conceited
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)
negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
current liability
seasoned
to implicate
negative growth
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
to carry
aspiration
balance sheet
(architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
person in charge
plus or minus sign ± (math.)
(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load
cannot afford
negative electric charge
negative (response, emotion etc)
in a pique
to be wounded
to fail to live up (to expectations)