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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
(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 be drawn into / to be involved in
HSK 7-9
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:)
steamed roll / spring roll
a capstan
cirrocumulus (cloud)
natural curls; natural wave
burrito / taco
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
questionnaire / CL:
HSK 7-9
crunch (physical exercise)
tape measure (usu. retractable) / CL:
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
to open a book / open-book (exam)
egg roll / spring roll
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
to hand in one's examination script
curly hair / to curl hair
volume / scroll
picture scroll
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
toilet roll
hair curler
blank exam paper
egg roll
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
scroll (book or painting)
to bundle up
records / files / archives
to flutter
cigarette / cigar
to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
curling iron
curved blade
a huge amount (of books and papers)
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
to grade exam papers / to review case files
roller shutter / a blind
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
tape
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
cigarette / CL:
volumes of classics / volumes of scriptures / ancient scrolls
natural curls; natural wave
to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)
microfilm
to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
to grade exam papers
omelet
scholarly flavor / educated appearance
roll-up door; roller shutter door
hair roller / curl (of hair)
tornado / waterspout / twister
waterspout (meteorology)
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
a whirlwind
(bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
tornado / hurricane / twister / cyclone
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
to pack one's things and leave
fishing reel
rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
to spin / to whirl around
exam paper
book
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL: , 張|张
bedroll
Swiss roll
Dead Sea Scrolls
(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
young squid (Tw)
rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
film / roll of film / also written 膠捲|胶卷
film / roll of film
to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up
to stop reading
(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens)

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