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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *略* | 略* | *略
brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)
HSK 7-9
slightly
to read cursorily / to skim through
slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
sketch; sketch map; thumbnail picture
Lüeyang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
slightly better / a cut above
to have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of
to pass over / to skip
abbreviated character / simplified character
slightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
some cases picked out as example / to highlight
to be abbreviated to / (followed by a verb) slightly
(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
abbreviation
a little bit; slightly
HSK 7-9
lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
Lüeyang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
to omit / to delete / to leave out / to neglect / to skip over
to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
abbreviation
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only and 無|无
code
a brief explanation / to summarize
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畧* | 畧* | *畧
variant of
HSK 7-9
variant of 掠奪|掠夺


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