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to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful! / amazing!
to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
to take a picture
HSK 4
ping-pong paddle
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  *拍* | 拍* | *拍
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
HSK 3
to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo)
to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price
HSK 7-9
(dialect) to date sb
to sell at auction / to reach a given price at auction
to make a movie
to bid (at an auction) / auction
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
to shoot a film / to have a medical imaging procedure
to send / to cable (a telegram)
to shoot a movie
HSK 7-9
(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
to beat time
smashed cucumber salad
to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie / a selfie
selfie stick / also written 自拍杆
partner
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
auctioneer / auction house
to take a staged photograph
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
to beat against the shore (of waves)
to prepare to film; to plan a shoot
land auction; to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣|土地拍卖)
to boast and flatter
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
(music) beat
judicial auction; to sell by judicial auction
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market)
(idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
selfie
beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports)
Polaroid (Tw)
auction / CL: 場|场
drone equipped for aerial photography
to clap one's hands
starting bid; starting price (at an auction)
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
to vouch for
to send a telegram
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series; a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers
HSK 7-9
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
HSK 5
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
(of an item) to fail to sell at an auction
flyswatter
to resort to bragging and flattering
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
(tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat
HSK 6
(table tennis) penhold grip
selfie stick
to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
to document on film the course of events / to follow sb with a camera
electric mosquito swatter
flatterer / toady
to resort to bragging and flattering / abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
(table tennis) shakehand grip
time signature (music)
Dutch auction / descending-price auction
beat (music) / meter
(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初
to make oneself scarce / to slip away / to take French leave
aerial photography (video or still)
writing pad
in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate
to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
hurried / impatient / rushed
(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls
(Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy
aerial photography (video or still) (Tw)
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking
metronome
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
to smack / to beat


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