"Draw" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xī qǔ to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
 huà to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract
 lǐng qǔ to receive / to draw / to get
 huì zhì to draw / to draft
 huì tú to draw / to draft / drawing / drafting
 qiān yǐn to pull / to draw (a cart) / to tow
 píng shǒu (sports) draw / tie
 chōu qǔ to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
 jí qǔ to draw / to derive / to absorb
 lā shēn to draw / to stretch
 píng jú a draw (in competition) / a tie
 miáo huà to draw / to describe
 xī zhù to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in
 hé jú draw / tied game
 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
 huà to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
 jià to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
 huì to draw / to paint
 wǎn variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead
 jí to draw (water)
 chè to pull / to draw / to pull back / to withdraw / to flash past
 zhì dìng to draw up / to formulate
 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
 jiè zhù to draw support from / with the help of
 yǐn rù to draw into / to pull into / to introduce
 jiè jiàn to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
 zǒu jìn to approach / to draw near to
 qū fēn to differentiate / to draw a distinction / to divide into categories
退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat
 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near
 gòu sī to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
 qǐ cǎo to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
 nǐ dìng to draw up / to draft / to formulate
 yǐn chū to extract / to draw out
 chōu jiǎng to draw a prize / a lottery / a raffle
 zhāng xiǎn to put on display (sth abstract) / to draw attention to / conspicuous
 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
 cè huì to survey and draw / to map
 xī fù to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
 chōu qiān to perform divination with sticks / to draw lots / a ballot (in share dealing)
 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse
 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles
 gōu lè to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of
 kāi jù to draw up (a document)
 kào lǒng to draw close to
 chū tí to draw up the theme (for discussion)
 xī qì to inhale / to draw in breath
 biān zào to compile / to draw up / to fabricate / to invent / to concoct / to make up / to cook up
 jué suàn final account / to calculate the final bill / fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth
 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
 yǐn xiàng to lead to / to draw to / to steer towards
 kāi lì to found / to establish / to set up / to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head
 nǐ dìng to draw up (a plan)
 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water
线 huà xiàn to delineate / to draw a line / to underline
 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation)
 dìng dìng to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
 suō jìn to retreat into / to draw back into / (typography) to indent
 qiú hé to sue for peace / to look for a draw (chess) / summation (math.)
 cǎo nǐ first draft / to draw up (a first version)
 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
 huī háo to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write
 lā rù to pull into / to draw in
 yáo jiǎng to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery)
 gōu chū to delineate / to articulate / to evoke / to draw out / to tick off
 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
 zhòng qiān to win a ballot / to draw a lucky number
 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant
 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
 jí shuǐ to draw water
 zhuā jiū to draw straws
 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
 hé qí draw or tie in chess etc / CL:盤|盘[pan2]
 zhī to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
 bī hé to force a draw (in chess, competition etc)
 mō cǎi to draw lots / raffle / lottery
 bá huǒ guàn suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气) / detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
 zhào hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
 shēng lā yìng zhuài to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy
 dìng to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order
 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
 qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
 lǒng to gather together / to collect / to approach / to draw near to / to add / to sum up / to comb (hair)
 zhà to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
 liě to draw back the corners of one's mouth
 lōu to draw towards oneself / to gather / to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc) / to grab (money) / to extort
 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / embroidery hoop / woven bed mat
 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old)
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