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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *排* | 排* | *排
a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *推* | 推* | *推
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *按* | 按* | *按
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
HSK 3
to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward
HSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
to push out / to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撑* | 撑* | *撑
to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拨* | 拨* | *拨
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头
HSK 7-9
to push a button / button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action)
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
to press / to push (a button)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拓* | 拓* | *拓
to expand / to push sth with the hand / to develop / to open up
to make an effort / to push for sth / to work hard
push-up; press-up (exercise)
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
cart / trolley / to push a cart
push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf)
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
to bully / to push around
promoter / advocate / driving force / pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
to advance boldly; to push ahead vigorously
(coll.) to push lightly / to flick to one side / to get rid of
(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戗* | 戗* | *戗
contrary / pushing against / bump / knock / used as equivalent for 搶|抢
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攘* | 攘* | *攘
(literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject; to resist / (literary) to seize; to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2]
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掯* | 掯* | *掯
to push down / to make things difficult / to take by force
to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捘* | 捘* | *捘
push
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搡* | 搡* | *搡
to push forcefully / to shove
to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled
push button (electric switch)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揰* | 揰* | *揰
poke out / punch / push into
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㧐* | 㧐* | *㧐
(literary) to stand upright / (dialect) to push / to shove
to be pushing 30
to be pushing 40
accommodating / easy to push around
to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
(computing) to push (a value) onto a stack
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
to push and pull / to move sth forward by shoving and pulling
(coll.) to push aside
kick scooter; push scooter
to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth
to push up one's sleeves
to push up one's sleeves
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
tack / thumbtack / push pin
push-up (exercise)
(computing) server push
to push sb too far / to go too far (in oppressing people)
to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads
(soccer) one-two / push-and-run
to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight
to push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to jump the queue
to extend / to push out (hands as a gesture) / to pout (i.e. push out lips)
lit. to push up one's sleeves and bare one's fists / to be eager to get started
(HK, Malaysia) push-up; press-up (exercise)
to crowd out / to push aside / to supplant
to push over / to overthrow
to push back (progress, the times etc)
to push and shove
to push-start (a car)
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
to push aside / to part / to brush away
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees
pushing and pulling (idiom)
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit


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