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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撞* | 撞* | *撞
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident
HSK 5
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  *枪* | 枪* | *枪
gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL: , , 桿|杆, 條|条, / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敲* | 敲* | *敲
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
HSK 5
to knock on a door
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
(knocked) unconscious / dazed / stunned
HSK 6
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  *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
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *磕* | 磕* | *磕
to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
HSK 7-9
to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
HSK 7-9
to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) / to undermine / to subvert
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抢* | 抢* | *抢
(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) / opposite in direction; contrary
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叩* | 叩* | *叩
to knock / to kowtow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咚* | 咚* | *咚
(onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door)
to knock down / knocked down
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb
to be beaten / to take a drubbing / buffeted / knocked about
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轧* | 轧* | *轧
to crush / to knock sb down with a vehicle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撂* | 撂* | *撂
to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戗* | 戗* | *戗
contrary / pushing against / bump / knock / used as equivalent for 搶|抢
to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off
to knock against / to bump into / to have a disagreement / to clash
to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down
to knock on a door
to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叩* | 叩* | *叩
old variant of / to knock
to knock down / to mow down
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摷* | 摷* | *摷
to knock / strike
to knock off work for the day
(idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)
to put together various bits / to knock sth together / hash (computing) / see also 散列
to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搉* | 搉* | *搉
consult / knock / beat
(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攴* | 攴* | *攴
to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑
explosion / bang / sonic boom / engine knock
(onom.) knocking
to knock against / to knock together / to rattle
to knock / to jab
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
opportunity knocks but once (idiom)
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
back-knocking massage
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
to knock out (of a jolt from an earthquake or crash)
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
intoeing / pigeon toes / knock-knees
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
to knock on the door / to take a shot on goal (sports)
to knock down / to knock over / to run over (sb)
(onom.) sound of knocking or bursting
to knock sth over
to knock sb out with a drug / to render sb unconscious
(onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)


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