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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

架子 [jiàzi]
  1. 1. noun [支撑物] rack
    衣服架子
    clothes rack
  2. 2. noun [指武术] position
  3. 3. noun [傲气] air
    他一点都没有明星的架子
    He doesn't have the air of a star at all.
  4. 4. noun [结构] structure
    这篇论文我已经搭好了架子
    I've already worked out the structure for this essay.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

架子 [jiàzi]
  1. 1. frame; stand; rack; shelf
    脸盆架子
    washstand
    我的骨头架子都被打散了。
  2. 2. framework; skeleton; outline
    写文章要先搭好架子
    Make an outline before you start writing.
    组织的架子还没搭好,你怎么能离开呢?
  3. 3. airs; haughty manner
    没有架子
    be modest and unassuming; be easy of approach
    放下架子
    get down from one's high horse
    主席很平易近人,没有半点架子
    你跟我摆什么架子
  4. 4. posture; stance
    他拉开架子,打起了太极拳。
    He adopted a stance and began to do Taiji shadowboxing.
    他摆了个亮相的架子,一看就是个京剧演员。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

架子 [jiàzi]
  1. 1. 支撑物体的构件或放置器物的用具,多用竹、木、钢管等纵横交叉构成
    花盆架子
    架子
  2. 2. 比喻事物的结构
    剧本的架子已经有了。
  3. 3. 高傲的神态;装腔作势的作风
    官不大,架子不小。
  4. 4. 姿态;架势
    摆出要大干一场的架子

Examples

把药瓶摆在架子
put the medicine bottles on the shelf
摆出一副大官的架子
affect the pose of a high official 摆架子
机器太沉,这个架子吃不住。
The stand is not strong enough for this heavy machine. 吃不住
先搭好架子,再充实内容。
First make an outline, then fill in the content. 搭架子
他得踮着脚才够得着架子
He had to stand on tiptoe to reach the shelf.
瘦得只剩个骨头架子
be reduced to a skeleton; be all skin and bones 骨头架子
脸盆架子
washstand 架子
写文章要先搭好架子
Make an outline before you start writing. 架子
没有架子
be modest and unassuming; be easy of approach 架子
放下架子
get down from one's high horse 架子

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