| | to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid | HSK 2 |
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| | to brush one's teeth | HSK 4 |
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| | a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL: 支, 枝) / brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy) / (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork / (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character / (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business / (literary) to write (with a brush or pen) | HSK 2 |
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| | to rub; to scratch / to wipe; to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把 in 管... 叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards | HSK 3 |
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| | to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan | HSK 4 |
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| | (formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen | |
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| | to ignore / to brush off / to dismiss / to pay no attention to | |
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| | to get rid of / to dismiss / to brush aside | |
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| | gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description | |
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| | hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan | |
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| | writing brush (old) / Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush | |
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| | the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆 and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆) | |
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| | writing brush of weasel bristle | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 側鋒|侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things | |
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| | to wield a writing brush (idiom) | |
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| | to push aside / to part / to brush away | |
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| | to brush past | |
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| | scrubbing brush | |
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| | to brush past; to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death) | |
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| | to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to | |
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| | to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush") | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | to write with the tip of the brush tilted / (fig.) to resort to devious means | |
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| | to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL: 把 | |
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| | lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous | |
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| | to sweep / to brush away | |
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| | pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips | |
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| | bristles lying down (brush movement in painting) | |
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| | brush | |
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| | the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch | |
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| | line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing | |
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| | writing brush and ink stone | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋) | |
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| | skirmish / clash / dispute / brush | |
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| | painting brush | |
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| | to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise | |
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| | writing brush | |
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| | brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing | |
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| | weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland | |
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| | to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting) | |
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| | the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through | |
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| | to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write | |
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| | to learn sth over again / to review / to brush up / to revive (memories, friendship etc) | |
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| | writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water | |
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| | (literary) to wield a writing brush | |
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| | brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc) | |
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| | largest-size housepainter's brush | |
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| | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) | |
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| | nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil | |
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| | (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips | |
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| | to smooth hair with a wet brush / (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly / to sip | |
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| | generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes | |
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| | lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time | |
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| | to smooth (a brush) against the inkstone (after dipping it in ink) | |
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| | bamboo brush for utensils | |
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| | the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) | |
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| | pen container; brush pot | |
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| | to moisten / to grease / to apply (cream, ointment) / to dip a brush in ink | |
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| | paintbrush; writing brush (esp. in graphics software) | |
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| | writing brush / writing / pen | |
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| | pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips / basket (container) for chopsticks / variant of 筲 | |
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| | to brush against / to graze / to scratch | |
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| | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point | |
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| | custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋) | |
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| | to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep | |
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| | against the bristles (brush movement in painting) | |
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| | the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush | |
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