1 band

2 belt

3 girdle

4 ribbon

5 tire

6 area

7 zone

8 region

9 classifier: 条 tiáo

10 to wear

11 to carry

12 to take along

13 to bear (i.e. to have)

14 to lead

15 to bring

16 to look after

17 to raise

1 to take along with one

1 to bring

2 to bring about

3 to produce

1 to loosen

2 to relax

1 tight

2 strict

3 close at hand

4 near

5 urgent

6 tense

7 hard up

8 short of money

9 to tighten

1 to let correct ideology guide practical work (idiom)

1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain

2 to bite the bullet

1 official class

2 intellectual class (idiom)

1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)

1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family

2 tied down by family obligations