"Oblique" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 pō rather / quite / considerably / oblique / inclined / slanting / Taiwan pr. [po3]
 xié inclined / slanting / oblique / tilting
 wāi xié crooked / askew / oblique / slanting / out of plumb
 piān to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
 xié jiāo bevel / oblique
 héng xié oblique / slanting
线 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol)
 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
 xié jiǎo bevel angle / oblique angle
 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
 cè fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
 wài xié jī external oblique muscle (sides of the chest)
 xié tóu yǐng oblique projection
线 xié xiàn hào slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing) / virgule / slanting line / oblique line
 xié zhóu oblique axes (math.)
  sidescan sonar / oblique sonar
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