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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *套* | 套* | *套
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
HSK 2
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
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  *彎* | 彎* | *彎
to bend / bent / a bend; a turn (in a road etc) / CL:
HSK 4
to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
HSK 6
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  *撲* | 撲* | *撲
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over
HSK 6
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  *窩* | 窩* | *窩
nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
HSK 7-9
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  *弓* | 弓* | *弓
a bow (weapon) / CL: 張|张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *垂* | 垂* | *垂
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
HSK 7-9
to bow / (literary) to bend down
HSK 7-9
to bend one's head
HSK 7-9
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
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  *戾* | 戾* | *戾
to bend / to violate / to go against / ruthless and tyrannical
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  *揻* | 揻* | *揻
(dialect) to bend (a long and thin object)
to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
deformation; bending
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
bend / turn / curve
to bend over; to stoop down / Taiwan pr. [mao1yao1]
to bow / to bend at the waist
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
to bend the body at the waist / to bow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抈* | 抈* | *抈
to bend
to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow
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  *拗* | 拗* | *拗
(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
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  *詘* | 詘* | *詘
to bend / to yield / to exhaust / to stutter
to bend with the wind
bend (in a river, road etc) (used in place names)
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  *渨* | 渨* | *渨
cove / bay / a bend or nook in the hills / the curve of a bow
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  *乪* | 乪* | *乪
a bend in a river (Cantonese)
to bend at the waist; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit
(dialect) to bend over
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  *匽* | 匽* | *匽
to hide, to secrete, to repress / to bend
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  *汭* | 汭* | *汭
river-bend
to bend / flexing / deflection
a bend in a stream
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  *錈* | 錈* | *錈
to bend iron
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
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  *躩* | 躩* | *躩
bend / leap
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
to bend
bend (of a river) / meander
to bend / (slang) to turn a straight person gay
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
to warp / to bend
to bend
corner / bend / curve
lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) / fig. extremely common; easily available
to warp / to bend / fig. distorted opinion / prejudice
to bend the rules / to skirt around the issue
to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help
narrow and bending / unkempt interior
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
trap (plumbing) / U-bend
to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position
to overtake on a bend (driving) / (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
corner / bend
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挫* | 挫* | *挫
obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen
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  *捥* | 捥* | *捥
to bend the wrist
to bend forward / to lean out
the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia
river bend
bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost / same as 鞠躬盡瘁|鞠躬尽瘁


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