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假借

jiǎ jiè

C1–C2 Level 7

假借 (jiǎ jiè) is a Chinese word meaning “to make use of”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to make use of
  2. to use sth as pretext
  3. under false pretenses
  4. under the guise of
  5. masquerading as
  6. lenient
  7. tolerant
  8. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters)
  9. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
  10. also called phonetic loan

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Related words at this level

夾帶夾攻夾擊假扮假冒假名假說假意

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).