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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *引* | 引* | *引
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
HSK 4
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
HSK 4
to entice / to lure / to induce / to attract
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哎* | 哎* | *哎
hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
HSK 7-9
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
HSK 7-9
to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *惹* | 惹* | *惹
to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勾* | 勾* | *勾
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩, hook
HSK 7-9
to attract people's affection / charming / delightful
HSK 7-9
to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous
making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract
to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online
to fascinate / to strongly attract / to obsess / to infatuate / to captivate / to enchant
to attract
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
to attract / to titillate
A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
to court (trouble); to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb)
to attract / to incur
(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public; high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
to catch the wind / (fig.) to attract criticism because of one's prominence
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support
percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention
to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice
(of a magnet) to attract metallic objects / (fig.) to exert a magnetic attraction (for investment, tourists etc)
(coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity / to exploit (sb's) popularity to attract attention to oneself
to attract attention; to catch attention
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
to attract attention; to catch attention
to attract attention / eye-catching / conspicuous
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
(med) retractile testicle / infatuation inducing / pee inducing (of alcohol) / (neologism) to be sexually attracted / to have the hots for sb
Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists
to attract attention
attractor (math., dynamical systems)
to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc) / to offend / to attract (attention)
flag to attract departed spirits
"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
anode / positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons)
Like attracts like.
attractor network
(idiom) to freely air one's views; to be heard far and wide; to attract a lot of attention
concert held at a real estate development site to attract home buyers (Tw)
to attract attention / noticeable
flag to attract departed spirits
mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another


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