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- to borrow
- (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend
- to make use of; to avail oneself of
- (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- in arithmetic of subtraction, to borrow 10 and carry from the next place
- excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
- reflected glory
- to benefit from sb else's prestige
Trad. 借貸
- to borrow or lend money
- debit and credit items on a balance sheet
Trad. 借鏡
- (Tw) to draw on (others' experience)
- to learn from (how others do things)
- lesson to be learned (by observing others)
Trad. 借鑒
- to draw on (others' experience)
- to learn from (how others do things)
- lesson to be learned (by observing others)
Trad. 憑借
- to rely on
- to depend on
- by means of
- thanks to
- sth that one relies on
- to make use of
- to use sth as pretext
- under false pretenses
- under the guise of
- masquerading as
- lenient
- tolerant
- loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
- also called phonetic loan
Trad. 借單兒
- receipt for a loan
- written confirmation of a debt
- IOU
Trad. 借東風
- lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
- fig. to use sb's help
- loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
- also called phonetic loan
Trad. 假借義
- the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
Trad. 借刀殺人
- to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
- to borrow the past as a model for the present
Trad. 借古諷今
- to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
Trad. 借屍還魂
- lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
Trad. 借花獻佛
- lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- plagiarism
Trad. 借題發揮
- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
- to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
- to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- to put up a desperate struggle
- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
- fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
Trad. 同業拆借
- call loan
- short-term loan within banking
Trad. 善後借款
- reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
Trad. 有借有還，再借不難
- return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
Trad. 好借好還，再借不難
- see 有借有還，再借不難|有借有还，再借不难[you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]