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出场 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
登上 dēng shàng to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
充值 chōng zhí to recharge (money onto a card)
朝向 cháo xiàng toward / to face / to open onto / to turn towards / orientation / exposure / Qibla (Islam)
上街 shàng jiē to go onto the streets / to go shopping
配乐 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
捉住 zhuō zhù to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
上 shàng on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)
胶着 jiāo zhuó to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate
装船 zhuāng chuán to load cargo onto a ship
嫁祸 jià huò to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else
装货 zhuāng huò to load sth onto a ship etc
移花接木 yí huā jiē mù lit. to graft flowers onto a tree / to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
飞檐走壁 fēi yán zǒu bì to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
钩住 gōu zhù to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
接穗 jiē suì scion (branch or bud that is grafted onto rootstock)
落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
墨线 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
颜射 yán shè to ejaculate onto sb's face
扶 fú to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help
互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom) / each blaming the other / passing the buck to and fro / each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
赶鸭子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
褟 tā inner shirt / to sew onto clothing / see also 禢[Ta4]
以邻为壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain / to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
扒车 bā chē to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
搭肩 dā jiān to help lift up onto one's shoulders / to stand on sb's shoulder
砧木 zhēn mù rootstock (stem onto which a branch is grafted)
转写 zhuǎn xiě to transliterate / to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
进栈 jìn zhàn (computing) to push (a value) onto a stack
黏贴 nián tiē to glue to / to paste onto / to stick on / also written 粘貼|粘贴[zhan1 tie1]
加值 jiā zhí to recharge (money onto a card) (Tw)
礌石 lèi shí (old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy
蜡扦 là qiān candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
胎体 tāi tǐ (in ceramics, lacquerware etc) the base (made of clay, metal, bamboo etc) onto which a glaze, lacquer or other decorative elements are applied
卸责 xiè zé to avoid responsibility / to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)
贼喊捉贼 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
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