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) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)

(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle / common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection / interaction; dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection

shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points

good aspects / strong points

one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)

(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事｜不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

bonus point; extra credit / to award bonus points; to earn extra points

virtually the same / differing only on small points

3 annual hunting bouts / 3 qi points

lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster

integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme

personal strength / one's special ability or strong points

points gained by making a good impression / kudos / brownie points

to haggle over every ounce (idiom) / to to fuss over minor points / to be particular about sth

to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error

to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials

to deduct (points etc)

to fail to grasp the main points

outline / essential points

righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing

to count and check / to tally / points (collected in some bonus scheme etc)

abstract / gist / main points

to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate

the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points

(medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points; (fig.) to recover (to some extent)

absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view

lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

to share a card with sb (e.g. share a loyalty card to accumulate points and split the benefits)

direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth

(computing) to tap (on a touchscreen); to click (with a mouse) / (massage) to apply focused pressure to specific points on the body

lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages

to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings

to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub

(coll.) raw score (before adjustments such as bonus points for ethnic minority status etc, esp. in college entrance exams)

to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism

(thermodynamics) reduced temperature (used to compare fluids at different temperatures relative to their critical points)

overall score / total points

(gaming) action points (points required to complete an action) / (Tw) action level (the level of concentration of a harmful substance at which remedial action is considered necessary)

the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on

the eight points of the compass / all directions

acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴｜五输穴)

lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) / fig. to occupy all key points (military)

meeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine)

to deduct points; to lose points

main points of a case / brief / summary

Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom) / to each his good points

to grab sb by the pigtail / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings

(idiom) to highlight sb's good points but omit to mention their faults

high points (of a document) / resume

warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points

to concede points (in a game)

to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)

the eight influential points (acupuncture)

lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel

(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points

to record work points 工分

the main points

"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot

variant of 弦 / bow string / string of musical instrument / watch spring / chord (straight line joining two points on a curve) / hypotenuse