负责 負責 fù zé to be responsible for / to be in charge of / to bear responsibility for / conscientious syn 记住 記住 jì zhu to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart syn 作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness / to testify / to serve as evidence syn 难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear syn 忍不住 rěn bu zhù cannot help / unable to bear syn 忍耐 rěn nài to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance syn 不堪 bù kān cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely syn 磨难 磨難 mó nàn a torment / a trial / tribulation / a cross (to bear) / well-tried syn 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw 北极熊 北極熊 běi jí xióng polar bear syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 狗熊 gǒu xióng black bear / coward syn 惨不忍睹 慘不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable / horrendous / atrocious syn 禁不住 jīn bu zhù can't help it / can't bear it syn 看不惯 看不慣 kàn bu guàn cannot bear to see / to hate / to dislike / to disapprove syn 承载 承載 chéng zài to bear the weight / to sustain syn 经不起 經不起 jīng bu qǐ can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist syn 不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely syn 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it syn 记恨 記恨 jì hèn to bear grudges syn 熊掌 xióng zhǎng bear paw (as food) 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture / to lay bear or expose (lies etc) syn 黑熊 hēi xióng Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) syn 既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk. syn 空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) syn 棕熊 zōng xióng brown bear syn 吃苦 chī kǔ to bear hardships syn 包涵 bāo hán to excuse / to forgive / to bear with / to contain syn 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross syn 首当其冲 首當其衝 shǒu dāng qí chōng to bear the brunt syn 隐忍 隱忍 yǐn rěn to bear patiently / to endure silently / to forbear syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 熊市 xióng shì bear market 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 经不住 經不住 jīng bu zhù to be unable to bear syn 白熊 bái xióng polar bear / white bear syn 神似 shén sì similar in expression and spirit / to bear a remarkable resemblance to syn 不忍 bù rěn cannot bear to syn 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 结果 結果 jiē guǒ to bear fruit syn 结实 結實 jiē shí to bear fruit syn 负责任 負責任 fù zé rèn to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 灰熊 huī xióng grizzly bear 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 难熬 難熬 nán áo (of pain or hardship) hard to bear 容不得 róng bu dé unable to tolerate / intolerant / unable to bear sth 见不得 見不得 jiàn bu dé not fit to be seen by / should not be exposed to / can't bear to see 支承 zhī chéng to support / to bear the weight of (a building) 泰迪熊 tài dí xióng teddy bear (loanword) 小熊维尼 小熊維尼 xiǎo xióng wéi ní Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) 鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it 难辞其咎 難辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame 产仔 產仔 chǎn zǐ to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter 架不住 jià bu zhù (coll.) unable to withstand / cannot bear / can't stand it / no match for syn 熊胆 熊膽 xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM) 结子 結子 jiē zǐ to bear seeds (of plant) syn 挂果 掛果 guà guǒ (of a tree) to bear fruit 坐 zuò to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4] syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn 生儿育女 生兒育女 shēng ér yù nǚ to bear and raise children syn 咬紧牙关 咬緊牙關 yǎo jǐn yá guān lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom) / fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain / to bite the bullet syn 逆来顺受 逆來順受 nì lái shùn shòu to resign oneself to adversity (idiom) / to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc syn 安之若素 ān zhī ruò sù bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity syn 吃不住 chī bu zhù to be unable to bear or support syn 黑瞎子 hēi xiā zi black bear syn 够受的 夠受的 gòu shòu de to be quite an ordeal / to be hard to bear 奎星 kuí xīng Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations 