to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
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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.
to be sorry / to feel apologetic / sorry!
to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied
to hug / to give a cuddle
to embrace / to hug
to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
aspiration / ambition
to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation / to make a frantic, last-ditch effort / to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚[])
to hug / to embrace
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice
to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
to band together / to team up
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
feel wronged
to have a gnawing regret
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
(idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
feel ashamed
to band together / to gang up / to stick together
see 打抱不平[]
to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
body slam (wrestling move)
bolster / a long pillow or cushion
(of a wheel during braking) to lock up
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom) / conservative / stickler for tradition
to be ill / to be in poor health
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
(sports) bouldering
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to latch on to the rich and powerful
to cross one's arms
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom) / fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom) / to flee ignominiously
to adopt (a child)
to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27