to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
(idiom) to have a girl on each arm
(lit.) to never burn incense when all's well, but clutch Buddha's feet in a crisis (proverb) / (fig.) to neglect preparation until the last moment, then act in panic
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
to enfold / to encircle
caress
bear hug / to give (sb) a bear-hug
to encircle / to surround / to embrace
to hug / to embrace
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[]
ambition / an aspiration
with arms crossed
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[], south Shandong
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