假借 jiǎjiè

  1. jiǎjiè verb to make use of
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 借用 (Guoyu '假借' 1)
  2. jiǎjiè noun a loan character
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A Chinese character acquiring meanings by phonetic association. It is one of the 六书 'six methods of writing' characters (Guoyu '假借' 4; Mathews 1931 '假借', p. 80; Norman 1988, p. 68; Sun 2006, loc. 1132)
  3. jiǎjiè phrase supposing if
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '假借', p. 104)
  4. jiǎjiè verb to rely on; to depend on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 凭借 or 借助 (Guoyu '假借' 2)
  5. jiǎjiè adjective lenient; tolerant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 宽容 (Guoyu '假借' 3)

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