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HSK
to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property
HSK 7-9
to deduct
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扣* | 扣* | *扣
to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扣* | 扣* | *扣
button
HSK 6
brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback
HSK 7-9
discount
HSK 7-9
button
HSK 7-9
to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging
HSK 7-9
to dock / to deduct / to embezzle
to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
to deduct (money due)
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
slam dunk
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
velcro (Tw)
to deduct (points etc)
steamed pork
to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate
HSK 7-9
to withhold / to garnish (wages etc)
to tag sb with unfair label / power word
to deprive / to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
to seize / to confiscate
button
cuff link
to make a scapegoat of sb / to defame / to slander
clip; buckle
to smash a ball / to spike
velcro
to strum a chord (Tw)
collar button
belt buckle
to buckle up / to fasten
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
carabiner
closely linked with one another / interlocked / to interrelate
nylon buckle / velcro
cingulum (anatomy)
button cell / watch battery
to smash a ball
a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)
to unbutton / (fig.) to solve a dispute
buckle
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
(literary) to inquire / to ask / question
(Tw) (loanword) QR code
to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
(Internet slang) QQ instant messenger
door latch
velcro / Taiwan pr. [nian2kou4dai4]
to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
to pull (a trigger)
to call in (to a broadcast program) (loanword) (Tw)
snap fastener
to suspend (a license etc)
snap fastener; press stud; popper
hook
shackle (U-shaped link)
button
to withhold
snap fastener
slam dunk (basketball)
hardcore (loanword)
circlip; C-clip; snap ring; Jesus clip / brooch
button cell
to detain and question
to receive a kickback; to draw a commission
buttonhole
to smash a ball / to spike
to stick to the topic
stubborn
variant of 紐扣|纽扣
(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement / fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations / to vilify
button loop
variant of 叩關|叩关
erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼


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