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撇
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Definitions
- 1. to throw
- 2. to cast
- 3. left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
Example Sentences
1 shown湯姆是左 撇 子。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 撇
to ignore an issue (idiom)
left-hander
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear
to disregard
skim
to curl one's lip
(slang) to go to the toilet
to cast away
(slang) to take a dump
apostrophe ' (punct.)
right-hander
to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] (idiom)