Talking Chinese <-> English Dictionary with stroke order image/animation and sample sentences

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	抱		bào	bao4	to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish
2	抱怨		bào yuàn	bao4 yuan4	to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
3	怀抱	懷抱	huái bào	huai2 bao4	to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
4	拥抱	擁抱	yōng bào	yong1 bao4	to embrace; to hug
5	抱歉		bào qiàn	bao4 qian4	to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
6	抱抱		bào bào	bao4 bao4	to hug; to embrace
7	抱抱团	抱抱團	bào bào tuán	bao4 bao4 tuan2	Free Hugs Campaign
8	抱抱装	抱抱裝	bào bào zhuāng	bao4 bao4 zhuang1	"hug shirt" worn by members of the Free Hugs Campaign (see 包包团 )
9	抱臂		bào bì	bao4 bi4	to cross one's arms
10	抱病		bào bìng	bao4 bing4	to be ill; to be in bad health
11	抱不平		bào bù píng	bao4 bu4 ping2	to be outraged by an injustice
12	抱残守缺	抱殘守缺	bào cán shǒu quē	bao4 can2 shou3 que1	to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative; stickler for tradition
13	抱成一团	抱成一團	bào chéng yī tuán	bao4 cheng2 yi1 tuan2	to band together; to gang up; to stick together
14	抱持		bào chí	bao4 chi2	to hold (expectations, hopes etc); to maintain (an attitude etc); to harbor (doubts etc); to clinch (boxing)
15	抱粗腿		bào cū tuǐ	bao4 cu1 tui3	to latch on to the rich and powerful
16	抱打不平		bào dǎ bù píng	bao4 da3 bu4 ping2	see 打抱不平
17	抱大腿		bào dà tuǐ	bao4 da4 tui3	(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
18	抱定		bào dìng	bao4 ding4	to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly
19	抱犊崮	抱犢崮	bào dú gù	Bao4 du2 gu4	Mt Baodu in Cangshan county 苍山县 , south Shandong
20	抱佛脚	抱佛腳	bào fó jiǎo	bao4 fo2 jiao3	lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; panic measures in place of timely preparation
21	抱负	抱負	bào fù	bao4 fu4	aspiration; ambition
22	抱负不凡	抱負不凡	bào fu bù fán	bao4 fu5 bu4 fan2	to have extraordinary aspirations (idiom)
23	抱孩子		bào hái zi	bao4 hai2 zi5	to hold the baby in one's arms
24	抱恨		bào hèn	bao4 hen4	to have a gnawing regret
25	抱恨终天	抱恨終天	bào hèn zhōng tiān	bao4 hen4 zhong1 tian1	to regret sth. to the end of one's life (idiom)
26	抱愧		bào kuì	bao4 kui4	feel ashamed
27	抱朴子	抱樸子	bào pǔ zǐ	Bao4 pu3 zi3	Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
28	抱屈		bào qū	bao4 qu1	feel wronged
29	抱拳		bào quán	bao4 quan2	to cup one fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
30	抱首而遁		bào shǒu ér dùn	bao4 shou3 er2 dun4	to hide one's face and retreat (idiom)
31	抱摔		bào shuāi	bao4 shuai1	body slam (wrestling move)
32	抱头	抱頭	bào tóu	bao4 tou2	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)
33	抱头鼠蹿	抱頭鼠躥	bào tóu shǔ cuān	bao4 tou2 shu3 cuan1	to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously; also written 抱头鼠窜
34	抱头鼠窜	抱頭鼠竄	bào tóu shǔ cuàn	bao4 tou2 shu3 cuan4	to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
35	抱头痛哭	抱頭痛哭	bào tóu tòng kū	bao4 tou2 tong4 ku1	to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder
36	抱窝	抱窩	bào wō	bao4 wo1	(coll.) to incubate; to brood
37	抱膝而坐		bào xī ér zuò	bao4 xi1 er2 zuo4	to sit with one's arms around one's knees (idiom)
38	抱薪救火		bào xīn jiù huǒ	bao4 xin1 jiu4 huo3	lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
39	抱养	抱養	bào yǎng	bao4 yang3	adopt (a child)
40	抱有		bào yǒu	bao4 you3	have; possess
41	抱有成见	抱有成見	bào yǒu chéng jiàn	bao4 you3 cheng2 jian4	to harbor prejudice (idiom)
42	抱枕		bào zhěn	bao4 zhen3	bolster; a long pillow or cushion
43	打抱不平		dǎ bào bù píng	da3 bao4 bu4 ping2	to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice; also written 抱打不平
44	抚抱	撫抱	fǔ bào	fu3 bao4	caress
45	拱抱		gǒng bào	gong3 bao4	to enfold; to encircle
46	合抱		hé bào	he2 bao4	to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
47	环抱	環抱	huán bào	huan2 bao4	to encircle; surrounded by
48	襟抱		jīn bào	jin1 bao4	ambition; an aspiration
49	紧抱	緊抱	jǐn bào	jin3 bao4	to hug; to embrace
50	临时抱佛脚	臨時抱佛腳	lín shí bào fó jiǎo	lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3	lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute; making a hasty last-minute effort
51	搂抱	摟抱	lǒu bào	lou3 bao4	to hug; to embrace
52	平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚	平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳	píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo	ping2 shi2 bu4 shao1 xiang1 , lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3	lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute; to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
53	山环水抱	山環水抱	shān huán shuǐ bào	shan1 huan2 shui3 bao4	surrounded by mountains and girdled by water (idiom)
54	双臂抱胸	雙臂抱胸	shuāng bì bào xiōng	shuang1 bi4 bao4 xiong1	with arms crossed
55	恫矜在抱		tōng guān zài bào	tong1 guan1 zai4 bao4	to show intimate concern over the people's hardships (idiom)
56	痛抱丧明	痛抱喪明	tòng bào sàng míng	tong4 bao4 sang4 ming2	mourning for the death of one's son (idiom)
57	投怀送抱	投懷送抱	tóu huái sòng bào	tou2 huai2 song4 bao4	to throw oneself in sb's arms; to throw oneself at sb
58	推襟送抱		tuī jīn sòng bào	tui1 jin1 song4 bao4	to treat sb. with sincerity (idiom)
59	相抱而哭		xiāng bào ér kū	xiang1 bao4 er2 ku1	to weep in each other's arms (idiom)
60	公主抱		gōng zhǔ bào	gong1 zhu3 bao4	to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold

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