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charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
to give a discount
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
discount
HSK 7-9
to torment; to torture
HSK 7-9
passbook / bankbook
HSK 7-9
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to
HSK 7-9
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
HSK 7-9
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
HSK 7-9
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
to snap sth off / to break
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乙* | 乙* | *乙
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka
depreciation
to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely
massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
pleated skirt
to bend at the waist; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
eclecticism
folding chair
to turn back
folding chair / deck chair
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
folding ruler
to make a capital loss
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
discount
folding notebook / accounts book
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
reflex (angle) / to turn back
to sell off sth
lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
clasp knife / folding knife
to convert (between currencies)
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
a loss / to lose money
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
to frustrate / to inhibit / to make things difficult
rate of deprecation
to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
reflex (angle) / to turn back
mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
folding fan
premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:
Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
to turn back / to retrace one's steps
to reduce by fifty percent / half-price
crease / fold
to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship
variant of 折殺|折杀
loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
refraction
discrepancy in weight
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
variant of 折中
a loss / to lose money
to bend
to atone for a crime
refraction
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
diffraction (physics)
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
frustration
10% off (price)
convex polygonal line
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
diffraction grating (physics)
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
convinced / to admire from the heart / enchanted
a clasp knife / a folding knife
index of refraction

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