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- to hold
- to carry (in one's arms)
- to hug
- to embrace
- to surround
- to cherish
- (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- to hold (expectations, hopes etc)
- to maintain (an attitude etc)
- to harbor (doubts etc)
- to clinch (boxing)
Trad. 抱頭
- 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)
Trad. 懷抱
- to hug
- to cherish
- within the bosom (of the family)
- to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
Trad. 抱佛腳
- (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[ping2 shi2 bu4 shao1 xiang1 , lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3])
Trad. 抱抱裝
- "hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 抱抱團|抱抱团[bao4 bao4 tuan2])
- Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
Trad. 抱犢崮
- Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], south Shandong
- to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
- (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
Trad. 投懷送抱
- to throw oneself in sb's arms
- to throw oneself at sb
Trad. 抱恨終天
- (idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
Trad. 抱恨黃泉
- (idiom) to harbor regrets into the afterlife
Trad. 抱成一團
- to band together
- to gang up
- to stick together
Trad. 抱殘守缺
- to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
- stickler for tradition
- lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
Trad. 抱頭痛哭
- to weep disconsolately
- to cry on each other's shoulder
Trad. 抱頭鼠竄
- to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
Trad. 抱頭鼠躥
- to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
- also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜
Trad. 臨時抱佛腳
- (idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]
Trad. 背著抱著一般重
- 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