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Definitions
- 1. to peel
- 2. to skin
- 3. to tear
- 4. to pull down
- 5. to cling to (sth on which one is climbing)
- 6. to dig
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Collocations
扒 often collocates with 墙 (qiáng) meaning to cling to a wall, or 栏杆 (lángān) meaning to hold onto a railing.
Common mistakes
扒 (bā) is easily confused with 趴 (pā, to lie prone); 扒 means to cling or hold onto, not to lie down.
Example Sentences
1 shown孩子 扒 着窗户看外面。
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Words Containing 扒
Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫[bàn yè jī jiào]
to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
pickpocket
(coll.) to push lightly
(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
to gather together as with a rake
incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
sledge
to flay
to steal
buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
muckraking
to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle
cramp
to pry open or apart
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
(idiom) extremely anxious
beef steak
pork steak
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
see 豬排|猪排[zhū pái]
see 雞排|鸡排[jī pái]