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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捲* | 捲* | *捲
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
HSK 4
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
questionnaire / CL:
HSK 7-9
to be drawn into / to be involved in
HSK 7-9
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:)
to flutter
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
exam paper
(bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
curly hair / to curl hair
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
to grade exam papers / to review case files
egg roll
tornado / hurricane / twister / cyclone
film / roll of film
young squid (Tw)
egg roll / spring roll
volume / scroll
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
picture scroll
to grade exam papers
to spin / to whirl around
to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
a capstan
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
to stop reading
cigarette / cigar
cigarette / cigar
curved blade
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
cigarette / CL:
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
book
scholarly flavor / educated appearance
to open a book / open-book (exam)
toilet roll
roll-up door; roller shutter door
tendril
volumes of classics / volumes of scriptures / ancient scrolls
cirrus (cloud)
file / folder / dossier
film / roll of film / also written 膠捲|胶卷
to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)
completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL: , 張|张
a huge amount (of books and papers)
tendril
records / files / archives
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
steamed roll / spring roll
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
blank exam paper
to hand in one's examination script
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
variant of 卷心菜
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
tape measure (usu. retractable) / CL:
hair roller / curl (of hair)
(embryology) to involute; involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)
variant of 調卷|调卷
crunch (physical exercise)
surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
variant of 捲起|卷起
a whirlwind
tape
tornado / waterspout / twister
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
fishing reel
burrito / taco
hair curler
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
Swiss roll
Dead Sea Scrolls
waterspout (meteorology)
(bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom) / fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
variant of 手卷
hair roller
ribbon lap machine
to bundle up
(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up

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