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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
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
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
passbook / bankbook
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
to make a capital loss
twists and turns
HSK 7-9
10% off (price)
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:
memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
premature death of a budding talent / those whom the Gods love die young
(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)
to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *折* | 折* | *折
variant of / to fold
HSK 4
to torture / to torment
crease / fold / ripple / lap
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
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
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
convinced / to admire from the heart / enchanted
to spend (much) effort / to go through (a lot of) trouble
(philately) presentation pack / stamp folder


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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