"Stroke" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 mō to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
 xíng chéng journey / course of a journey / distance traveled / trajectory / itinerary / route / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process
 fǔ mó to stroke / to caress
 mó suō to stroke / to caress
 nǎo yì xuè cerebral hemorrhage / stroke
 nǎo cù zhòng stroke / cerebral hemorrhage
 bǐ fēng the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch
 cù zhòng stroke / cerebral hemorrhage
 nǎo chōng xuè stroke / cerebral hemorrhage
 fǔ to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor
 lu:3 to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers / to stroke
 sūn to rub with the hand / to stroke
 chōng chéng stroke (of a piston)
 fǔ nòng to fondle / to caress / to stroke
 líng shēng ring / ringtone / bell stroke / tintinnabulation
 jī yù opportunity / favorable circumstance / stroke of luck
 yī jǔ a move / an action / in one move / at a stroke / in one go
 fǔ mō to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle
 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983
 zhòng fēng to suffer a paralyzing stroke
 qīng fǔ to stroke lightly / to caress
 kǒu jué mnemonic chant / rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
 jì yù circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity
 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch
 wǔ bǐ zì xíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983
 yī cù ér jiù to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
 wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983
 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old)
 nǎo zhòng fēng cerebral stroke
 piān fēng brush stroke to the side (calligraphy) / fig. side stroke / lateral thinking
 bǐ shùn stroke order (when writing Chinese character)
 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
 yī bǐ gōu xiāo to write off at one stroke
 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
 dié yǒng butterfly stroke (swimming)
 dùn cuò a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
 bǐ huà shù stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
 huà to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
 yī huī ér jiù to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
 bì qí gōng yú yī yì to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
 Wáng Yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent
 cā to wipe / to erase / rubbing (brush stroke in painting) / to clean / to polish
 zhé turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]
 shù to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
 tì to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy
 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo to succeed by a lucky stroke
 yī dāo qiē lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom) / to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all
 yī cù ér dé to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
 yī bǐ bù gǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
 bó dì birdie (one stroke under par in golf)
 bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count
 héng gōu horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
 shù gōu vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
 shù vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
 jué "vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
 yī bǐ mǒ shā to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
 yī cù jí zhì to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
 bā zì méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
 bā zì hái méi yī piě lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
 bā zì hái méi yī piě r lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
 mào shǔ heat stroke (TCM)
 huà yuán fáng shǒu to counter (a stroke in fencing)
 jiàn zǒu piān fēng the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit
 héng xié gōu / stroke in Chinese characters
 bǐ gān sài stroke play (golf)
 Wáng mǎ Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983
 shù bǐ vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
 zǒng gān sài stroke play (golf)
 shù wān gōu / stroke in Chinese characters
 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all
 luō hǔ xū lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers / to do sth very daring
 yì cún bǐ xiān , huà jìn yì zài the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
 zhuàng dà yùn to have a lucky stroke / to try one's luck
 chù méi tóu to cause sth unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else) / to do sth inauspicious / to have a stroke of bad luck
 diǎn zi bèi (coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
 bèi qì to stop breathing (as a medical condition) / (fig.) to pass out (in anger) / to have a stroke
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