束 to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control 串 to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across 嘟 噜 dū lu bunch / cluster / classifier for bunched objects / to hang down in a bunch / to droop 果 穗 guǒ suì ear (of corn or sorghum etc) / bunch (of grapes) / infructescence 精 选 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow 黑 帮 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate 把 to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) 成 串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 綑 variant of 捆|捆[kun3] / a bunch / to tie together / bundle 庸 人 自 扰 yōng rén zì rǎo lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom) / fig. to get upset over nothing / to make problems for oneself 废 话 连 篇 fèi huà lián piān a bunch of nonsense / verbose and rambling 穴 播 xué bō bunch planting 燕 雀 乌 鹊 yàn què wū què lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies 花 簇 huā cù bunch of flowers / bouquet 崒 to come together / to bunch up / to concentrate 一 派 胡 言 yī pài hú yán a bunch of nonsense 一 粒 老 鼠 屎 坏 了 一 锅 粥 yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch 一 颗 老 鼠 屎 坏 了 一 锅 汤 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch 鲜 花 插 在 牛 粪 上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
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