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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
trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
HSK 4
to refuse; to decline; to reject
HSK 5
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
HSK 7-9
to refuse to acknowledge / to pay no attention to / to take no notice of / to ignore
HSK 7-9
to refuse (a visa application etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拒* | 拒* | *拒
to resist / to repel / to refuse
to refuse to comment / same as 不置可否
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
to refuse nobody (idiom) / all comers welcome
to reject / to refuse to accept
to resist / to boycott / to refuse (to cooperate) / to reject / resistance / refusal
HSK 7-9
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
to rebuff / to refuse / to turn down
waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.)
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
to refuse to concede / not to give in
against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders
to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment)
to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
HSK 7-9
to refuse to admit (what one has done) / to disavow / to renege
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
to refuse would be impolite
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
refusing to accept
to refuse to listen
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
to refuse politely
unable to refuse because of affection
(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
to refuse to pay taxes / to boycott a levy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *谢* | 谢* | *谢
to thank / (bound form) to apologize / (bound form) to decline; to refuse / (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
to reject / to refuse to take a call
householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
to find a pretext for refusing
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
to refuse to insure / to exclude from insurance coverage
against orders / to disobey / to refuse to accept orders
dead loan / bad debts / to refuse to pay loan
to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to decline / to refuse politely
to refuse to pay taxes / to boycott taxes
(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in
to refuse to meet sb / to avoid sb
(idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
deep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate / stubborn and perverse


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