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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捲* | 捲* | *捲
to roll up / to sweep up; to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
to be drawn into / to be involved in
HSK 7-9
test paper; examination paper
HSK 7-9
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:)
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback
curly hair / to curl hair
to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
a capstan
pencil sharpener (blade-only type)
cigarette / cigar
curved blade
book
toilet roll
roll-up door; roller shutter door
tendril
cirrus (cloud)
file / folder / dossier
a huge amount (of books and papers)
tendril
white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
steamed roll / spring roll
variant of 卷心菜
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
rolled-up pastry / roll / turnover (patisserie)
rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
tape measure (usu. retractable) / CL:
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to hem / hem / to curl (at the edge)
crunch (physical exercise)
variant of 捲起|卷起
a whirlwind
tape
fishing reel
hair curler
to wind / to coil / to spool / to loop around / winding
hair roller
to bundle up
(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up
scroll (book or painting)
cirrocumulus (cloud)
roller shutter / a blind
to bundle up valuables and abscond
to pack one's things and leave
curling iron


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