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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
HSK 7-9
foldable screen (for a smartphone etc)
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
HSK 7-9
to give a discount
HSK 4
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
HSK 7-9
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
passbook / bankbook
HSK 7-9
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
pocketknife; penknife
to make a capital loss
folding knife
discount
HSK 7-9
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
10% off (price)
depreciation
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜, who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:
shuttle run
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable
to convert (between currencies)
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
to offset
to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to
HSK 7-9
line chart
to torment; to torture
HSK 7-9
to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
crease / fold
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
to discount
a loss / to lose money
to reduce by fifty percent / half-price
torture and cruel treatment
folding fan
reflex (angle) / to turn back
reflex (angle) / to turn back
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
to sell off sth
folding chair / deck chair
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
folding (i.e. portable)
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
eclecticism
to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship
refracting telescope
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
folding chair
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
discount rate
to turn back
to turn over
to torture / to torment
frustration
crease / fold / ripple / lap
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
to do a somersault / to turn head over heels
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
folding knife; jackknife; pocketknife / Tibetan waist knife
pleated skirt
refraction
refraction
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
to snap sth off / to break
rate of deprecation
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
discount
to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
folding notebook / accounts book
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
discrepancy in weight
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely
to bend
to split sth into two (idiom)
convex polygonal line
index of refraction
loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
Scottish Fold
to atone for a crime
folding ruler

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