抱

to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

surname Bao

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation

to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice / also written 抱打不平[bao4 da3 bu4 ping2]

feel wronged

to band together; to team up

(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous

to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly

to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb

to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold

to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)