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HSK
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  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
HSK 1
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  *划* | 划* | *划
to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match)
HSK 4
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  *鼓* | 鼓* | *鼓
drum / CL: , / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
HSK 5
to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)
HSK 5
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  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
a strike / to go on strike
HSK 6
to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
HSK 7-9
to strike; to hit; to ram
HSK 7-9
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  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike
HSK 7-9
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  *筛* | 筛* | *筛
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
HSK 7-9
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  *勾* | 勾* | *勾
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩, hook
HSK 7-9
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
to overturn / to overthrow / to strike down (an enemy)
to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button)
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  *击* | 击* | *击
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锤* | 锤* | *锤
hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer
to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
to counterattack; to strike back / (neologism c. 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback
to invade / (of a storm etc) to strike / to hit
to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely
to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
lightning strike / thunderbolt
corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey
to hit (a target etc) / to strike
to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
to strike off (the rolls) / to remove from a list / to expunge / to expel
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides
to go on a hunger strike
to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
to strike while the iron is hot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搢* | 搢* | *搢
shake / stick into / strike
to strike with the elbow; to elbow
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  *铿* | 铿* | *铿
(onom.) clang / jingling of metals / to strike
to lower a flag / to strike the colors
to defeat / to strike down / to destroy
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc)
rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
to strike / wham!
(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揗* | 揗* | *揗
strike, hit with hand / tap
(of a ship) to strike a reef / (fig.) to hit a snag
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  *摮* | 摮* | *摮
(literary) to hit; to strike; to smite
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  *扻* | 扻* | *扻
to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone
to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
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  *摷* | 摷* | *摷
to knock / strike
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion
student strike / to boycott classes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搕* | 搕* | *搕
to strike / to take in the hand
(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
to strike camp
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  *刜* | 刜* | *刜
to chop / strike
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挝* | 挝* | *挝
ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw / old variant of / to strike; to beat
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
protest strike by merchants
teacher's strike
to settle in (a place); to take up permanent residence / (literary) to strike sb's name from a register
to strike out / strikeout (baseball, softball) / (Tw) to ditch / to eliminate from consideration
lightning bolt; lightning strike
to fast / hunger strike
bird strike (aviation)
to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
(coll.) to strike a pose
hunger strike
to attack murderously / to strike treacherously
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
(idiom) strike first to gain the upper hand
(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
(idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb
strikes you in the face
to strike the edge of the gong / (fig.) to stir the pot (i.e. cause or exacerbate a dispute)
(military) decapitation strike
nuclear counter strike
(accounting) to strike a balance / to reverse an entry / to write off
strike fault (geology)
avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
sit-in strike


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