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挂累
  • [guàlěi]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

挂累 [guàlěi]
  1. 1. verb To be concerned about.
  2. 2. noun Someone or something, one is concerned about.
    结了婚就是多了一种责任, 增了一份挂累。
    Getting married means you have one more responsibility and more things to care about.
  3. 3. verb To get someone into trouble.
    他不想挂累别人, 独自把事情承担下来。
    He doesn't want to involve anyone else and takes on the whole thing all by himself.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

挂累 [guàlěi]
  1. 1. 动 心里牵挂
    这件事总让他挂累着。
  2. 2. 名 指心里牵挂的人或事物
    心里又多了一份挂累。
  3. 3. 动 连累
    不可挂累无辜。
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Examples

他这人就是小心眼, 针鼻儿大的事能挂累好长时间。
He is so narrow-minded that even a tiny matter will dwell in his mind for a long time. → 挂牵
结了婚就是多了一种责任, 增了一份挂累。
Getting married means you have one more responsibility and more things to care about. → 挂累
他不想挂累别人, 独自把事情承担下来。
He doesn't want to involve anyone else and takes on the whole thing all by himself. → 挂累
这件事总让他挂累着。 → 挂累
心里又多了一份挂累。 → 挂累
不可挂累无辜。 → 挂累

Word Decomposition

挂
[guà] 		+ 累
[lěi]

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