by means of; through; with the help of
1. lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)2. fig. to use sb's help
1. to lend sb a knife to kill sb2. to get sb else to do one's dirty work3. to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
to borrow the past as a model for the present
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
debit balance (accountancy)
1. lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property2. plagiarism
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows
1. to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch2. to put up a desperate struggle
1. lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì])2. fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to live out a pointless existence
1. receipt for a loan2. written confirmation of a debt3. IOU
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
1. lit. to borrow chopsticks2. to make plans for sb else
1. loan translation2. to calque
1. to put to a different use2. to borrow3. (linguistics) borrowing
could I have a word with you? (in private)
1. borrower2. debit side (of a balance sheet)
1. receipt for a loan2. written confirmation of a debt3. IOU
1. IOU2. receipt for a loan
1. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)2. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association3. also called phonetic loan
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jiǎ jiè zì] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[ér] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
1. call loan2. short-term loan within banking
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
有借有还，再借不难 有借有還，再借不難 yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
好借好还，再借不难 好借好還，再借不難 hǎo jiè hǎo huán , zài jiè bù nán see 有借有還，有借有还，再借不难[yǒu jiè yǒu huán zài jiè bù nán]
1. (Tw) to draw on (others' experience)2. to learn from (how others do things)3. lesson to be learned (by observing others)