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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
discount
HSK 7-9
brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback
HSK 7-9
button
HSK 7-9
to dock / to deduct / to embezzle
closely linked with one another / interlocked / to interrelate
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
nylon buckle / velcro
to seize / to confiscate
button
to suspend (a license etc)
collar button
snap fastener
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
variant of 紐扣|纽扣
(Internet slang) QQ instant messenger
buckle
to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
(Tw) (loanword) QR code
clip; buckle
to unbutton / (fig.) to solve a dispute
hook
to withhold
cuff link
to receive a kickback; to draw a commission
shackle (U-shaped link)
belt buckle
snap fastener
velcro
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
to strum a chord (Tw)
hardcore (loanword)
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
to deduct (money due)
a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)
slam dunk (basketball)
carabiner
door latch


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