怀抱 huáibào to hug
to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also figuratively an ideal, aspiration etc)
How to remember 怀抱: 怀 bosom + 抱 embrace = to hug.
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How it is used
- To embrace, or the bosom/embrace itself; also to cherish an ideal - 怀抱理想 (huáibào lǐxiǎng) to cherish an ideal; 回到祖国的怀抱 (return to the embrace of the motherland).
- Two threads: literal holding in the arms and figurative harboring of aspirations/feelings.
- Warm, somewhat literary; contrast plain 抱 (bào, to hold physically).