"Cling" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 抱定 | bào dìng | to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly |  |
| 黏住 | nián zhù | cling | |
| 执着 | zhí zhuó | to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment |  |
| 固执 | gù zhí | obstinate / stubborn / to fixate on / to cling to | |
| 依恋 | yī liàn | to be fondly attached to / to not wish to part with / to cling to | |
| 固守 | gù shǒu | to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to | |
| 死守 | sǐ shǒu | to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard | |
| 保鲜膜 | bǎo xiān mó | plastic wrap / preservative film / cling film | |
| 拘泥 | jū nì | to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease | |
| 贪恋 | tān liàn | to cling to / to be reluctant to give up (sth) / to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) | |
| 攀附 | pān fù | to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing | |
| 保鲜纸 | bǎo xiān zhǐ | plastic wrap / cling wrap / cling film | |
| 巴 |  bā | to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail | |
| 扒 | bā | to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig | |
| 一口咬定 | yī kǒu yǎo dìng | to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view | |
| 夤缘攀附 | yín yuán pān fù | to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing | |
| 攀高结贵 | pān gāo jié guì | lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom) / to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing | |
| 如蛆附骨 | rú qū fù gǔ | lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom) / fig. fixed on sth / to cling on without letting go / to pester obstinately | |
| 拘守 | jū shǒu | to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner | |
| 攀附权贵 | pān fù quán guì | to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom) / social climbing | |
| 一条道走到黑 | yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi | to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course | |
| 缠绵不已 | chán mián bù yǐ | to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other | |
| 抱大腿 | bào dà tuǐ | (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous | |
| 一条路走到黑 | yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi | lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course | |
