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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.carry in breast; hold with both arms; embrace; hug; hang together; band together; join together
母亲抱着她的孩子。
The mother is holding her child.
他把小孩抱了起来。
He took the child in his arms.
拥抱
hug
synonym
- 2
v.cherish; harbour; nurse; hold; entertain
他们都抱有远大理想。
They all have lofty ideals.
对她的这种决定，许多人抱有看法。
With regard to that decision of her, many people beg to differ.
我还抱有一线希望。
I still have a glimmer of hope.
- 3
v.have one's first child or grandchild
她抱孙子了。
She's just become a grandmother.
- 4
v.adopt (a child)
这孩子是抱的，不是他生的。
This is his adopted child.
她的女儿是抱的。
Her daughter is adopted.
抱养
adopt
- 5
measure wordarmful (of)
三抱粗的松树
three bales of coarse pine
这树有一抱粗。
You can just get your arms around this tree trunk.
- 6
v.dialfit
这件衣服抱身。
This jacket fits me perfectly.
这双鞋抱脚。
This pair of shoes fits me perfectly.
- 7
v.hatch (eggs); brood
抱小鸡
hatch chicks
鸡抱出来了。
The chicks have hatched.
要抱窝的母鸡
a broody hen
- 8
v.be ill/sick; be in poor health; burdened with
抱病
be ill
Words and phrases with 抱
- 抱柱对儿[word]vertical couplets hung on a pair of pillars
- 抱委屈[word]feel wronged
- 抱卵[word]hatch
- 抱瑜握瑾[word]carrying fems in one's bosom and grasping valuables in one's hands
- 抱死[word]locking
- 抱子弄孙[word]carry one's grandson in arms and dally with him
- 抱大腿[word]same as 抱粗腿
- 抱病[word]be ill
- 抱闸[word]band-type brake
- 抱恨终身[idiom]cherish hatred all one's life
- 抱恨终天[idiom]feel bitter regret for the rest of one's life
- 抱头痛哭[idiom]hold one's head and cry one's heart out
- 抱薪救火[idiom]carry wood to put out a fire
- 抱关击柝[idiom]petty officers
- 抱负不凡[idiom]cherish extraordinary aspirations
- 抱成一团[idiom]gang together
- 抱头鼠窜[idiom]flee ignominiously
- 抱残守缺[idiom]cling to the past