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怀抱

huái bào · huai bao

Traditional 懷抱

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to hug
  2. to cherish
  3. within the bosom (of the family)
  4. to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
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In a conversation

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Telling mum about the mountain

  1. Liangliang

    周末(zhōumò)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)山(shān)里(lǐ)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)回到(huídào)大自然(dàzìrán)的(de)怀抱(huáibào)。

    Let's go to the mountains this weekend. I want to return to nature's embrace.

  2. Dengdeng

    大自然(dàzìrán)的(de)怀抱(huáibào)？你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)说话(shuōhuà)像(xiàng)诗人(shīrén)。

    Nature's embrace? You sound like a poet today.

  3. Liangliang

    哈哈(hāhā)，山(shān)里(lǐ)空气(kōngqì)好(hǎo)，像(xiàng)在(zài)大自然(dàzìrán)的(de)怀抱(huáibào)里(lǐ)。

    Haha, the air in the mountains is good, like being in nature's embrace.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)大自然(dàzìrán)的(de)怀抱(huáibào)，没有(méiyǒu)手机(shǒujī)信号(xìnhào)。

    But nature's embrace has no phone signal.

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，所以(suǒyǐ)我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)给(gěi)家人(jiārén)发(fā)消息(xiāoxi)。

    Right, so let's message our families first.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)告诉(gàosu)妈妈(māma)：我们(wǒmen)去(qù)找(zhǎo)大自然(dàzìrán)的(de)怀抱(huáibào)了(le)。

    OK, I'll tell mum: we've gone to find nature's embrace.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

母(mǔ)亲(qīn)把(bǎ)婴(yīng)儿(ér)抱(bào)在(zài)怀(huái)抱(bào)里(lǐ)轻(qīng)轻(qīng)摇(yáo)晃(huàng)。

The mother held the baby in her arms and rocked him gently.

02

他(tā)从(cóng)小(xiǎo)怀(huái)抱(bào)成(chéng)为(wéi)医(yī)生(shēng)的(de)梦(mèng)想(xiǎng)。

He has cherished the dream of becoming a doctor since childhood.

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