MEANING/意义
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cast aside，disregard; skim (off)Type verb/动词
1throw，fling; stretch one's closed lips (to one side) ; (spoken) turn one's feet out when walkingType verb/动词2left-falling stroke (a stroke of Chinese character) ; (for things resembling the left-falling stroke)Type noun/名词; measurement/quantifier/量词
撇
EXAMPLES/列句
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八字没一撇
Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight (means nothing tangible is yet in sight)
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他留了两撇小胡子
He wears two thin strokes of moustache.
COMBINATIONS/组合
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撇步
(transliteration in Taiwan) tips
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撇点
left-falling dot (stroke of Chinese characters)
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撇号
apostrophe
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撇折
throw away-break (stroke of Chinese characters)
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撇清
disassociate，plead innocence，emphasize one's ignorance (of sth)
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撇下
cast away
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撇嘴
curl one's lips，to pout one's lips
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横撇
horizontal-throw away (stroke of Chinese characters)
