ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.borrow (things or money)
把笔借我用一下可以吗？
Could you lend me your pen?
这些东西是借的。
These things are borrowed.
借东西要还。
One must return borrowed items.
antonym
- 2
v.lend; loan
请借我几块钱。
Please lend me a few yuan.
你把这本书借他看看。
Lend him the book so he can have a look at it.
你要的书已借出了。
The book you wanted is out.
- 3
v.make use of; take advantage of (an opportunity, etc.)
借助
have the aid of
借着灯光看书
read under a lamp
借此
whereby
- 4
v.make a pretext of; on the pretext of; use as a pretext
借故
find an excuse
借端
use as a pretext
他借“援助”之名义，行掠夺之实。
He used "aid" as a pretext for plunder.
Words and phrases with 借
- 借读[word]study at a school beyond the area of one's registered permanent residence
- 借重[word]seek assistance
- 借火[word]ask for a light
- 借词[word]loanword
- 借单[word]same as 借据
- 借问[word]May I ask...?
- 借位[word]borrow
- 借代[word]rhetorical devices such as metonymy, antonomasia and synecdoche
- 借壳上市[word]go public through borrowing a shell
- 借题发挥[idiom]seize on an incident to exaggerate matters
- 借尸还魂[idiom]find reincarnation in another's corpse
- 借古喻今[idiom]narrate anecdotes of the past in alluding to the present
- 借箸代筹[idiom]make a plan for somebody else
- 借古讽今[idiom]use ancient history to slander modern times
- 借刀杀人[idiom]kill somebody by another's hand
- 借花献佛[idiom]borrow a flower to present to the Buddha
- 借贷无门[idiom]have nowhere to borrow money
- 借酒浇愁[idiom]dispel melancholy by drinks