攬
lǎn HSK7

grasp

揽 (攬) lǎn
canvass verb
to canvass or solicit for business, customers, or votes

他一直在车站门口忙着给自己的小旅馆揽客。

tā yī​zhí zài chē​zhàn mén​kǒu máng zhe gěi zì​jǐ de xiǎo lǚ​guǎn lǎn kè.

He has been busy soliciting guests for his small hotel at the station entrance.

embrace verb
to seize or take into one's arms; to embrace or pull toward oneself

他轻轻地把孩子揽在怀里。

tā qīng​qīng de bǎ hái​zi lǎn zài huái​lǐ.

He gently pulled the child into his arms.

fasten verb
to fasten, tie, or secure with a rope or similar cord

用绳子把木头揽住。

yòng shéng​zi bǎ mù​tou lǎn zhù.

Secure the wood with a rope.

take on verb
to monopolize or take on responsibility; to assume a task or power for oneself

他总喜欢把所有的活儿都揽在自己身上。

tā zǒng xǐ​huan bǎ suǒ​yǒu de huó​r dōu lǎn zài zì​jǐ shēn​shang.

He always likes to take all the work upon himself.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,807th most common 12.8 per million
Movie subtitles
3,078th most common 3.07 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.18 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.42 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
揽
Strokes
24
Unicode
U+652C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)