1 to lend

2 to borrow

3 by means of

4 to take (an opportunity)

1 to use as an excuse

2 on the pretext

3 excuse

4 pretext

1 predestination

2 karma

1 dormitory

2 dorm room

3 living quarters

4 hostel

5 classifier: 间 jiān

1 old variant of 宿[sù]

1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb

2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work

3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)

1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)

2 fig. to use sb's help