"Burden" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fù dān burden / to bear a burden
 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline
 fù hè load / burden / charge
 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:副[fu4]
 hè to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
 lāo shí zi encumbrance / burden / that awful thing (colloquial) / nuisance
 fù lèi burden
 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
 tuō lěi to encumber / to be a burden on / to implicate
 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden
 zhòng fù heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility
 jiǎn fù to alleviate a burden on sb
 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5]
 rú shì zhòng fù as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind
 shuì fù tax burden
 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden
 niú mǎ oxen and horses / beasts of burden / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 rèn zhòng a load / a heavy burden
 jǔ zhèng zé rèn burden of proof
使 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
 káng to carry on one's shoulder / (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
 bēi bāo fú to have a weight on one's mind / to take on a mental burden
 dān hè to shoulder a burden
 fù dān bu qǐ cannot afford / cannot bear the burden
 tuó shòu beast of burden
 lì chù draft animal / beast of burden
 xiè jiān r lit. a weight off one's shoulders / fig. to resign a post / to lay down a burden / to be relieved of a job
使 yì shǐ dòng wù draft animals / beasts of burden
 yì chù draft animal / beast of burden
 fàng xia bāo fu to lay down a heavy burden
 zhòng hè heavy load / heavy burden
  debt-service burden
  viral load / viral burden / level of viremia / viremia / plasma HIV RNA / plasma viral load
  burden sharing
  body burden
  plasma HIV RNA assay / viral load test / viral burden assay
  plasma HIV RNA assay / viral load test / viral burden assay
  United Nations Body Burden Forum
  disproportionate burden / undue hardship
  disproportionate burden / undue hardship
  response burden / compliance cost
  response burden / compliance cost
 là zhú liǎng tóu shāo to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
 xī jiān (literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc)
 ǒu xiàng bāo fu burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol
 bēi zhe bào zhe yī bān zhòng lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
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