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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
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
questionnaire / CL:
HSK 7-9
egg roll / spring roll
picture scroll
to grade exam papers / to review case files
to open a book / open-book (exam)
records / files / archives
to hand in one's examination script
exam paper
egg roll
completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL: , 張|张
Chinese steamed twisted bread roll
Swiss roll
film / roll of film / also written 膠捲|胶卷
film / roll of film
tornado / waterspout / twister
volume / scroll
to grade exam papers
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
blank exam paper
cigarette / cigar
volumes of classics / volumes of scriptures / ancient scrolls
temaki (a nori cone filled with sushi)
hand scroll
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)
variant of 手卷
omelet
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 stop reading
young squid (Tw)
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
natural curls; natural wave
adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
to spin / to whirl around
yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
to flutter
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
natural curls; natural wave
Dead Sea Scrolls
surviving section of a classic work / remaining chapters (while reading a book)
variant of 調卷|调卷
microfilm
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
Dead Sea Scrolls
waterspout (meteorology)
moxa cigar / moxa roll (TCM)


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