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to lend / to borrow / excuse / pretext / by means of
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借 [jiè]
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1. 暂时使用别人的财物等。
[En.] To temporarily use someone else's property, etc.
示例: 借用 (to borrow), 借阅 (to borrow for reading), 借账 (to borrow accounts), 借据 (a loan receipt), 借条 (a loan note).
2. 暂时把财物等给别人使用。
[En.] To temporarily lend property, etc., to someone else.
示例: 借钱给人 (to lend money to someone).
3. 假托。
[En.] To pretend; to act as if.
示例: 借口 (to use as a pretext), 借端 (to act as a pretext), 借故 (to make an excuse), 借代 (to use something as a metaphor), 借景 (to borrow a scene), 借喻 (to use a metaphor).
4. 依靠。
[En.] To rely on; to depend on.
示例: 凭借 (to rely on), 借势 (to take advantage of a situation).
【本义】:借,借进,借出
[En.] Primary meaning: to borrow, to lend.
【造字法】:形声。从人,昔声。
[En.] Phonetic composition: a composite character formed by the meanings of "person" and "past."
1. 借进 ([En.] borrow)
2. 借出 ([En.] lend)
3. 帮助 ([En.] help)
引:
1. 《说文》:借,假也。朱骏声曰:“即藉字之转注。古只作藉。”
[En.] "Jie" means to borrow; it is also a pretext. (According to Zhu Junsheng, it is a variant of the character "藉," which was originally written as "藉.")
2. 《广韵》:借,假借也。
[En.] In "Guangyun," it states that "借" also refers to borrowed words.
3. 《晋书·阮裕传》:借无不给。
[En.] In the "Book of Jin," it's stated, "Nothing is lent without return."
4. 宋·王安石《伤仲永》:借旁近与之。
[En.] Song dynasty author Wang Anshi wrote about borrowing nearby resources.
5. 清·袁枚《黄生借书说》:允修借书。
[En.] In the Qing dynasty, Yuan Mei spoke about the permission of borrowing books.
6. 书非借不能读。
[En.] "Books cannot be read without borrowing."
7. 借者之用心。
[En.] Those who borrow must have intentions.
8. 其借书亦类予。
[En.] Those who borrow books are somewhat akin to me.
例:
又如:求借 (to request a loan), 挪借 (temporarily borrowing someone else's money), 借当 (to pawn something), 借当头 (things that will soon be pawned), 借典 (to borrow; to use).
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
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