to use something as an excuse or pretext; to use a false reason for doing or avoiding something; an excuse or pretext given to justify a behavior or state of affairs

to rely on; to depend on; to lean on

to draw a lesson from someone else's experience; to use others' actions or methods as a point of comparison to learn from

to have the aid of; to make use of the help of another person or thing

The money that has been borrowed or lent; a debt.

using this as a means or pretext; by means of this

to borrow something for temporary use

to borrow money from a person or institution

To borrow money from others or to lend money to others; to provide or obtain a loan

to pay to use something temporarily; to hire or lease

To take advantage of a situation or opportunity to do something

to lend something to someone; to loan out

to look for a pretext; to make up an excuse

by means of; with the help of; on the strength of; to get help from

short-term loan or financing arrangement, typically between banks or businesses, with interest calculated daily

Connects two parts of a sentence, using the first part as a means or basis to achieve the purpose in the second part; similar to [[以便|以便|yi3 bian4]] or [[用来|用來|yong4 lai2]]

To borrow or make use of (often books or objects)

A polite phrase used when asking someone to let you through or when asking for directions; "make way, please"

To borrow books, magazines, or materials for reading.

To find a reason or pretext to do something; also used to describe doing something under a false reason.

to lend; to loan

To rely on or exploit someone else's power, authority, or prestige to achieve a goal.

To stay at someone else's place for the night; to ask for temporary lodging.

to lend or loan out to others; often refers to items or money

to borrow money; to take out a loan

to temporarily transfer or loan personnel from one organization to another while maintaining their original employment status

To use the current topic or a specific incident as a pretext to express one's true intentions or personal views; to make a fuss over something to serve one's own agenda.

To attend a school where one does not have an official student registration [[学籍|學籍|xue2 ji2]], often on a temporary or exchange basis

To stay at someone else's place for a short time; to lodge temporarily.

A written receipt or voucher issued when borrowing money or property, held by the lender as proof of the loan; IOU.

To rely on someone's power, reputation, or experience for support or to enhance one's own status.

A informal note or receipt given to a lender when borrowing money or property

To harm or destroy someone by using a third party, often to avoid getting one's own hands dirty or to take advantage of an existing conflict.

A card or document used as proof of identity to borrow books from a library.

to drink alcohol in order to forget or relieve one's worries or sadness

The left side of a ledger or balance sheet, used to record increases in assets and decreases in liabilities and equity; also called [[收方|收方|shou1 fang1]] or [[借项|借项|jie4 xiang4]].

to lend something one has borrowed (such as a rented house, document, or license) to someone else; to sublet

A polite way to address someone when asking for information or directions, similar to "excuse me".

(of a soul) to be reincarnated in another person's body after death

(idiom) literally "presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers"; to use someone else's property to gain favor, fulfill a social obligation, or do someone a favor; also used to refer to plagiarism or using someone else's work as one's own

A technique in traditional landscape gardening where a view or element from outside the garden is integrated into the design to enrich the internal scenery.

In subtraction, to borrow 10 from the next higher place-value digit when the current digit is smaller than the amount being subtracted

to ask or beg someone to lend money or items

To receive or draw pay or other compensation before the scheduled payday.

to find a way to borrow funds; to negotiate a loan

To borrow a match, lighter, or use someone else's lit cigarette to light one's own cigarette.

to borrow money or items from many different people or places in order to scrape together what is needed together

To take a recruitment or entrance examination, such as the college entrance exam, in a location other than where one's household is officially registered.

A type of metaphor where the actual subject and the comparison word are omitted, leaving only the figurative image to represent the idea