| | 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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| | pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: 支, 枝 | HSK 2 |
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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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| | 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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| | 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) | HSK 4 |
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| | to brush one's teeth | HSK 4 |
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| | to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | to brush away / to dust off / brush / duster / CL: 把 | |
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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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| | writing brush / writing / pen | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush | |
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| | hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan | |
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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 learn sth over again / to review / to brush up / to revive (memories, friendship etc) | |
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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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| | to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to | |
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| | to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep | |
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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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| | painting brush | |
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| | to brush / to caress (of breeze) / to praise | |
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| | to get rid of / to dismiss / to brush aside | |
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| | nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil | |
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| | to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write | |
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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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| | to push aside / to part / to brush away | |
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| | to smooth (a brush) against the inkstone (after dipping it in ink) | |
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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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| | gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description | |
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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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| | (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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| | (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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| | to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting) | |
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| | brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing | |
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| | (literary) to wield a writing brush | |
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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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| | the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch | |
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| | scrubbing brush | |
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| | writing brush of weasel bristle | |
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| | blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen | |
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| | weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland | |
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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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| | bamboo brush for utensils | |
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| | pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips | |
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| | (dialect) pot-scrubbing brush, made from bamboo strips | |
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| | line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing | |
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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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| | brush | |
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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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| | pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips / basket (container) for chopsticks / variant of 筲 | |
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| | writing brush and ink stone | |
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| | paintbrush; writing brush (esp. in graphics software) | |
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| | to brush against / to graze / to scratch | |
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| | to sweep / to brush away | |
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| | bristles lying down (brush movement in painting) | |
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| | writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water | |
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| | to brush past | |
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| | to ignore / to brush off / to dismiss / to pay no attention to | |
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| | skirmish / clash / dispute / brush | |
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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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| | against the bristles (brush movement in painting) | |
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| | to wield a writing brush (idiom) | |
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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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| | to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush") | |
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| | largest-size housepainter's brush | |
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| | to write with the tip of the brush tilted / (fig.) to resort to devious means | |
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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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