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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
HSK 4
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  *团* | 团* | *团
round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
HSK 3
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to introduce new items; to roll out new offerings or content
knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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  *滚* | 滚* | *滚
to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost!
HSK 5
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  *幅* | 幅* | *幅
width / roll / classifier for textiles or pictures
HSK 5
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up
steamed roll / spring roll
(of a vehicle) to roll over; (of a boat) to capsize
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom) / to roll up one's sleeves for battle / eager to get into action or start on a task
egg roll / spring roll
to roll steel (into sheets or bars)
(coll.) wheel / to turn; to roll
(steelmaking) roll / roller / CL:
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  *挽* | 挽* | *挽
to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover
HSK 7-9
rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
HSK 7-9
roll (of names) / register / CL:
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  *剂* | 剂* | *剂
(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine
HSK 7-9
to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder)
HSK 7-9
to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip
toilet roll
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
rock music / rock 'n roll
to roll about
honor roll
egg roll
to publish a roll-call of successful candidates
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搓* | 搓* | *搓
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist
HSK 7-9
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  *擀* | 擀* | *擀
to roll (dough etc)
to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold
(computing) to roll back / rollback / (sports) (of a ball) to come back (due to backspin or sloping ground)
(metallurgy) cold-rolled; cold-rolling
fin stabilizer (in ships) / anti-roll stabilizer
rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
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  *榜* | 榜* | *榜
notice or announcement / list of names / public roll of successful examinees
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  *殷* | 殷* | *殷
roll of thunder
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  *轧* | 轧* | *轧
to roll (steel)
to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll
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  *髻* | 髻* | *髻
hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
to roll rapidly; to spin / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu5]
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
to roll over / to turn over (one's body)
form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)
soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
(intransitive) to weaken; to decrease; (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back
(lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
roll-up banner stand
roll-up door; roller shutter door
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时, i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
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  *茓* | 茓* | *茓
to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder
ranking / ordered list / top 20 / roll of honor / to come nth out of 100
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
to roll / to boil
to roll one's eyes
(of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
to surge on / to roll on
soft (bread) roll
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  *檑* | 檑* | *檑
logs rolled down in defense of city
rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
morning roll call
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
oatmeal / rolled oats
(cinema) to rewind (a reel) / (photography) to rewind (a roll of film)
drum roll
to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
Swiss roll
(dialect) film (loanword) / roll of film
rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
league table / roll of honor
roll-on, roll-off ship (RORO ship); vessel designed to load and unload vehicles by driving them on and off
roll of film
to slip and fall; to slide down; to roll down / (fig.) (of sales, popularity etc) to decline; to fall
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  *粩* | 粩* | *粩
a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3]
to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter)
roll-call (e.g. at athletics event) / check the record
to roll a ball into the gutter (ten-pin bowling)
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  *礧* | 礧* | *礧
roll stone down hill / stone pile
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  *髺* | 髺* | *髺
hair rolled up in a bun
to roll up one's sleeves for action
register of names / roll
to roll up the sleeves
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  *睙* | 睙* | *睙
to roll the eyeballs to look
register of names / attendance roll book
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  *揎* | 揎* | *揎
to roll up one's sleeves / to slap with the palm
to roll rice balls / rice ball
to roll with a stone roller / to thresh grain by rolling
sulfur stick / roll sulfur
(metallurgy) hot-rolled; hot-rolling
bread roll / bun
lit. to roll a boulder up a hill (like Sisyphus) (idiom) / fig. to engage in a highly challenging task with perseverance and determination
moxa cigar / moxa roll (TCM)
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  *抟* | 抟* | *抟
to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团) / (literary) to circle; to wheel


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