借端

借口 jièkǒu HSK 7 #2,209

excuse / pretext

借过 jièguò

excuse me (let me through, please) / coming through

借 jiè HSK 2 #960

to borrow / to lend

借读 jièdú

to attend school on a temporary basis (typically outside one's registered hukou district) / to be a transfer student / visiting student

极端 jíduān HSK 6 #4,724

extreme; extremity / extremely; exceedingly

借用 jièyòng HSK 7 #6,504

to borrow (for use) / to use (something belonging to others)

借题发挥 jiètífāhuī #63,822

to use one topic as a pretext to expound on another / to seize on a subject to push one's own agenda; to make a big fuss out of something minor

借东风 jièdōngfēng

to borrow the east wind (idiom) / to ride on favorable conditions or someone else's momentum

借腹怀胎 jièfùhuáitāi

surrogate pregnancy / to carry a child for another woman; gestational surrogacy

借问酒家何处有 jièwènjiǔjiāhéchùyǒu

may I ask where a tavern can be found? / the rainy Qingming traveler's question in Du Mu's poem / a classical way of asking for a drink on the road