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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亂* | 亂* | *亂
in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丟* | 丟* | *丟
to lose / to put aside / to throw
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吐* | 吐* | *吐
to vomit / to throw up
HSK 5
to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *摔* | 摔* | *摔
to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扔* | 扔* | *扔
to throw / to throw away
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搭* | 搭* | *搭
to put up / to build (scaffolding) / to hang (clothes on a pole) / to connect / to join / to arrange in pairs / to match / to add / to throw in (resources) / to take (boat, train) / variant of
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撲* | 撲* | *撲
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over
HSK 6
to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砍* | 砍* | *砍
to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb
HSK 7-9
to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饒* | 饒* | *饒
rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拋* | 拋* | *拋
to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon
HSK 7-9
to throw oneself into sth
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撇* | 撇* | *撇
to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甩* | 甩* | *甩
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)
HSK 7-9
to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away
HSK 7-9
to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
HSK 7-9
to throw out / to get rid of
HSK 7-9
to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke
HSK 7-9
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棄* | 棄* | *棄
to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away
to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鏢* | 鏢* | *鏢
dart-like throwing weapon / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拽* | 拽* | *拽
to throw / to fling
short distance / a stone's throw away
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扻* | 扻* | *扻
to strike / to run against / to throw, as a stone
to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly
to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away / to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撂* | 撂* | *撂
to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard
to toss / to throw out
a throwing knife / fly cutter (machine tool)
to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撱* | 撱* | *撱
clip / shorten / throw away
to throw up one's hands / to loosen one's grip; to let go
thrower / pitcher / bowler
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攛* | 攛* | *攛
rush / stir up / throw / fling / hurry / rage
to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擲* | 擲* | *擲
to toss / to throw dice / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
to throw away one's life
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
to stake all on one throw
to throw away / to discard
to set out (on a campaign) / to stand for election / to throw one's cap in the ring
to disrupt / to throw into disorder
to leap / to spring / to throw oneself
extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful / wasteful
to throw the dice
to throw away / to throw out
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court
to throw an explosive charge / to bomb
to throw one's energies (into an activity) / to invest one's emotions (in sth) / to bet / betting
to throw one's weight around / to put on airs
to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump
bossy and domineering / throwing one's weight about
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
(athletics) hammer / hammer throw
to throw a net
to abandon / to discard / to throw away
to throw away like worn out shoes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攧* | 攧* | *攧
to fall / to stamp (one's foot) / to toss / to throw
unrestrained / throwing off strictures / unrespectful / indulgence
to acquire literacy / to throw off blindness
to abandon / to discard / to throw away
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
to throw into
(judo) shoulder throw
(athletics) discus / discus throw
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *睃* | 睃* | *睃
to throw a glance at; to peer at / Taiwan pr. [jun4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *覂* | 覂* | *覂
to throw a rider
to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掟* | 掟* | *掟
(HK dialect) to throw / to toss
kids' game involving throwing and grabbing
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback; to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell
to throw the dice
to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away
lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
to cut / to throw out / to depose (from office) / to tear off
to throw off
to fall to one's death / to kill by throwing to the ground
(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
to throw / to shoot
to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
to transmit Buddhist teaching / chakram or chakka (throwing disk)
triathlon (Tw) / (athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)
to throw oneself in sb's arms / to throw oneself at sb
to hit the target with one's throw / (basketball) to score
to throw a punch

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