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HSK
to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property
HSK 7-9
to deduct
HSK 7-9
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
to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging
HSK 7-9
to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error
slam dunk
to deduct (points etc)
steamed pork
to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate
HSK 7-9
to withhold / to garnish (wages etc)
to tag sb with unfair label / power word
to deprive / to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
button
to make a scapegoat of sb / to defame / to slander
to smash a ball / to spike
to buckle up / to fasten
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
cingulum (anatomy)
button cell / watch battery
to smash a ball
(literary) to inquire / to ask / question
(Internet slang) QQ instant messenger
to pull (a trigger)
to call in (to a broadcast program) (loanword) (Tw)
circlip; C-clip; snap ring; Jesus clip / brooch
to detain and question
buttonhole
to smash a ball / to spike
to stick to the topic
(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement / fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations / to vilify
button loop
variant of 叩關|叩关
erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼


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