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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
HSK 4
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
questionnaire / CL:
HSK 7-9
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
to be drawn into / to be involved in
HSK 7-9
volume / scroll
egg roll / spring roll
picture scroll
scroll (book or painting)
to grade exam papers
steamed roll / spring roll
to open a book / open-book (exam)
curly hair / to curl hair
to hand in one's examination script
exam paper
egg roll
completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL: , 張|张
records / files / archives
cirrus (cloud)
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding
a capstan
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
Swiss roll
film / roll of film / also written 膠捲|胶卷
film / roll of film
tornado / waterspout / twister
to grade exam papers
cigarette / cigar
file / folder / dossier
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
tape measure / tape rule / CL:
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
cabbage / CL:
blank exam paper
a whirlwind
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
cigarette / cigar
tendril
tendril
volumes of classics / volumes of scriptures / ancient scrolls
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
a huge amount (of books and papers)
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
variant of 捲起|卷起
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)
variant of 卷心菜
variant of 手卷
hair roller / curl (of hair)
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
to stop reading
tornado / hurricane / twister / cyclone
young squid (Tw)
rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
to spin / to whirl around
roller shutter / a blind
book
burrito / taco
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
to flutter
crunch (physical exercise)
tape
rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
scholarly flavor / educated appearance
exam paper / test paper / CL: 張|张
curved blade
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
roll-up door; roller shutter door
(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up
natural curls; natural wave
closed-book examination
to bundle up valuables and abscond
to pack one's things and leave
hair curler
Dead Sea Scrolls
(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
toilet roll
cirrocumulus (cloud)
surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
ribbon lap machine
to bundle up
(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
(bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)

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