借 jiè

1. jiè verb to borrow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 1; Kroll 2015 '借' 1, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 1, p. 350)
2. jiè verb to lend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 2; Kroll 2015 '借' 1, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 2, p. 350)
3. jiè verb to rely on; to make use of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 利用 (CC-CEDICT '借'; Guoyu '借' v 4; Kroll 2015 '借' 1b, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; XHZD '借' 4, p. 350)
4. jiè verb to adopt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '借' 1a, p. 211)
5. jiè adverb if it were
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '借' adv; Kroll 2015 '借' 2, p. 211; Mathews 1931 '借', p. 104)
6. jiè verb to help; to contribute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '借' v 6; Kroll 2015 '借' 3, p. 211)
7. jiè verb to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 赞许 (Guoyu '借' v 4)
8. jiè verb to make an excuse; make pretext of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '借', p. 103; Unihan '借'; XHZD '借' 3, p. 350)

Contained in

• 借款 to lend money; to borrow money; loan
• 借而不还(借而不還) to borrow but not give back
• 凭借(憑借) to rely on; to depend on
• 借光 excuse me ; reflected glory; to profit from somebody else's prestige
• 借据(借據) receipt for a loan
• 借赖(借賴) to rely
• 借读(借讀) to attend school on a temporary basis
• 借助 to get help from
• 租借地 concession (territory)
• 借以 so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
• 借书证(借書證) library card
• 借刀杀人(借刀殺人) to lend a knife to kill; to use somebody to do dirty work
• 借货(借貨) to borrow
• 假借字 loan character
• 借势(借勢) to borrow another's authority ; to take the initiative; to seize an opportunity
• 外借 to lend (sth other than money); to borrow
• 借字儿(借字兒) IOU; receipt for a loan
• 馆际互借(館際互借) interlibrary loaning
• 借端 to use as pretext
• 假借 to make use of ; a loan character ; supposing if ; to rely on; to depend on ; lenient; tolerant
• 续借(續借) extended borrowing (e.g. library renewal)
• 借阅者(借閱者) borrower
• 找借口 to look for a pretext
• 借钱(借錢) to borrow money
• 借出 to lend
• 借此(藉此) using this as a pretext; thereby
• 借古喻今 to borrow the past as a model for the present
• 借给(借給) to lend to somebody
• 借资挹注(借資挹注) to make use of something in order to make good the deficits in something else
• 借方差额(借方差額) debit balance
• 背城借一 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; to fight to the last ditch
• 借宿 to temporarily stay with; to ask for lodging
• 借水行舟 to make use of water for navigating a boat; to use external capital for a business
• 借债人(借債人) debtor; borrower
• 借调(借調) to temporarily transfer
• 假借义(假借義) the meaning of a phonetic loan character acquired from a similar-sounding word
• 借过(借過) excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
• 借词(借詞) a loanword ; an excuse; a pretext
• 借机(借機) to seize the opportunity
• 借尸还魂(借屍還魂) reincarnated in somebody else's body; a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
• 租借 to rent; to lease
• 借题发挥(借題發揮) to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use something as a pretext to make a fuss
• 挪借 to borrow money for a short time
• 奖借(獎借) commendation
• 借鑑 borrowing the words and actions of someone else as a model
• 建筑借款(建築借款) construction loan
• 借风使船(借風使船) to make use of wind to power a ship; to use external capital for a business
• 借记卡(借記卡) debit card
• 借用 to borrow and use

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善后借款 、 借译

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• 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22
• 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
• 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 11
• 卷一百五十九 志第一百十二 選舉五 Volume 159 Treatises 112: Selection and appointment of Officials 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 卷二百六十五 列傳第一百五十三 范景文 倪元璐 李邦華 王家彥 孟兆祥 施邦曜 淩義渠 Volume 265 Biographies 153: Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, Li Banghua, Wang Jiayan, Meng Zhaoxiang, Shi Bangyao, Ling Yiqu History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷一百七十六 志第一百二十九 食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
• 卷一百九十八 志第一百五十一 兵十二 Volume 198 Treatises 151: Military 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7

Collocations

• 借兵 (借兵) 借兵於楚伐魏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《趙世家》 House of Zhao — count: 10
• 借人 (借人) 則借人也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 欲借 (欲借) 謀欲借兵兼併兩昆彌 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十六下 西域傳 Volume 96b: Traditions of the Western Regions 2 — count: 5
• 借道 (借道) 而借道乎虞也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 借使 (借使) 借使秦王論上世之事 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 借臣 (借臣) 人君以情借臣之患也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 二柄第七 Chapter 7: Two Handles — count: 4
• 借宠 (借寵) 欲借寵時賢以為名 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 3
• 辞借 (辭借) 不可以虛辭借也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魯仲連鄒陽列傳》 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang — count: 2
• 愿借 (願借) 願借師以伐趙 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 2
• 借节 (借節) 術從日磾借節觀之 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十 鄭孔荀列傳 Volume 70: Biographies of Zheng, Kong, Xun — count: 2