1 to be in favor of

2 to support

3 to back

4 support

5 backing

6 to stand by

7 classifier: 个 gè

1 to lend

2 to borrow

3 by means of

4 to take (an opportunity)

1 to draw support from

2 with the help of

1 to use as an excuse

2 on the pretext

3 excuse

4 pretext

1 to borrow sth for another use

2 to borrow an idea for one's own use

1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)

2 fig. one is helpless alone

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