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擔
Mandarin: dan1
Simplified: 担
Definitions
  1. 1 a unit of weight
  2. 2 two buckets full
  3. 3 a load of, a quantifier
  4. 4 a carrying pole with its load
  5. 5 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
擔
[[to carry]] | dāam daaih kèih 擔大旗 — [holding big flag] a leader, the
Words containing 擔
士擔
a stamp (a loanword)
擔綱
to play the leading role
擔保信
a letter of guarantee
不承擔義務
noncommittal
自己承擔風險
at your own risk [written and colloquial]
蝨乸擔枷
very strict and harsh punishment
承擔
to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc.)
負擔得起
to be able to afford; affordable [written and colloquial]
擔高頭
to raise one's head to look up
擔屎唔撈濕
[[to carry shit and not eat it]] to be completely trustworthy.
擔梯搭梯
[[to carry the ladder]] to fail in an examination (previously the lowest fail gr
擔煙斗
[[to carry a pipe]] a twenty foot container carried at the end of a forty foot t
擔幡買水
Chinese customs and ceremony led and conducted by the eldest son in the funeral
擔挑
a shoulder pole, used for lifting heavy items
扁擔
a shoulder pole | [粵]: 擔挑, 擔竿, 擔潤
擔憂
to worry | [粵]: 掛慮
重擔
heavy burden; difficult task
擔仔麵
 tan-tsu noodles which originated from Taiwan | Dan zai noodles 
擔梯
the lowest grade of "H" in Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE
分擔
share in (responsibility, expenses, risks, etc, sth rather burdensome)
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