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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 give a discount
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摺* | 摺* | *摺
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
to torment; to torture
HSK 7-9
passbook / bankbook
HSK 7-9
to fold / collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
HSK 7-9
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
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
to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to
HSK 7-9
to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
HSK 7-9
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
discount
HSK 7-9
setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
frustration
to convince / to subdue / to be convinced / to be bowled over
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
pleated skirt
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)
folding notebook / accounts book
to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
folding fan
to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
to make a capital loss
depreciation
folding chair / deck chair
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
folding chair
folding ruler
rate of deprecation
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable
eclecticism
to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely
lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
reflex (angle) / to turn back
a loss / to lose money
a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out
to sell off sth
massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
to convert (between currencies)
clasp knife / folding knife
to frustrate / to inhibit / to make things difficult
lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
to turn over
discount
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
to turn back
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
to bend at the waist; to bow / (fig.) to bow to; to submit
lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
a loss / to lose money
to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
crease / fold
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
refraction
to turn back / to retrace one's steps
to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
to inflect (in grammar) / to decline / to conjugate
reflex (angle) / to turn back
mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
variant of 折殺|折杀
to do a somersault / to turn head over heels
Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
to torture / to torment
loss of goods / damage to goods / shrinkage
discrepancy in weight
refraction
to atone for a crime
variant of 折中
to bend
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
to offset
folding (i.e. portable)
10% off (price)
index of refraction
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
(philately) presentation pack / stamp folder
shuttle run
(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
fold; crease; wrinkle

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