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to lend / to borrow / excuse / pretext / by means of
借 [jiè]
Verb
1. To temporarily use someone else's property, etc.
藉用、借阅、借账、借据、借条。
(e.g., borrow, review, account, document, note.)
2. To temporarily give property, etc. for someone else to use.
借钱给人。
(e.g., lend money to someone.)
3. To use as a pretext; to pretend.
借口、借端、借故、借代、借景、借喻、借题发挥。
(e.g., pretext, excuse, sake, substitute, context, analogy, prompt.)
4. To rely on; to depend on.
凭借、借势。
(e.g., rely on, depend on.)
本义: Borrowing, borrowing in, borrowing out.
造字法: Pictophonetic; composed of "person" (人) and the sound "xi" (昔).
Synonyms:
1. Borrow ([En.] borrow)
2. Lend ([En.] lend)
3. Help ([En.] help)
引:
1. 《说文》: Borrow means to pretend. Zhu Junsheng says: it is a transfer of the character for "藉." In the ancient times, it was only written as "藉."
2. 《广韵》: Borrow means to use as a substitute.
3. 《晋书·阮裕传》: There is nothing that cannot be borrowed.
4.宋· 王安石《伤仲永》: Borrow a nearby person to assist.
5. 清· 袁枚《黄生借书说》: The permit for borrowing books is granted.
6. Books cannot be read without borrowing.
7. The intention of the borrower.
8. Their borrowing of books is also like me.
例:
如: Request to borrow; temporarily using someone else's money; borrowing something to pawn; borrowing things intended for pawn; borrowing, borrowing use.
Synonyms:
2. Lend ([En.] lend)
引:
1. 《论语·卫灵公》: Those who have horses lend them to others to ride.
2. 《韩非子·内储说下》: Power cannot be lent to others.
例:
如: He lent books to us; lent him some money; lent a shoulder (the carrier lets someone else carry for a while, allowing himself to rest); lent; rented.
Synonyms:
3. Help ([En.] help)
引:
1. 文天祥《念奴娇》: The vast waters and skies, oh every bit of resentment to the east wind, don’t borrow in the mortal world.
藉 [jiè]
Verb
1. To use as a pretext; to pretend.
引:
1. 《左传·成公二年》: If there were an excuse.
例:
如: Excuse for borrowing; pretext for borrowing.
2. To rely on; to depend on.
引:
1. 《墨子·公输》: Rely on the son to kill him.
2. 《韩非子·孤愤》: Those who can rely on can enhance their name accordingly.
3. 《广东军务记》: Rely on the sky to bring a heavy rain.
4. 清· 徐珂《清稗类钞·战事类》: Use the walls to shelter.
例:
如: Borrowing a favor; using others’ strength or favorable conditions to achieve goals; taking shelter from the rain by borrowing eaves; leveraging advantages.
藉 [jiè]
Synonyms:
3. Equivalent to "if," "suppose," "assuming," "even if."
引:
1. 《史记·陈涉世家》: Suppose to order the mother to behead.
例:
如: if (假设连词.假如, 倘若;即使, 纵然); “若” is a synonym for this context; “或” means even if, or, if; “如” as a conditional conjunction.
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