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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
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
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
qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
逼近 jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near
透支 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
抽签 chōu qiān to perform divination with sticks / to draw lots / a ballot (in share dealing)
吸附 to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
画图 huà to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
收拢 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)
鼓风 fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
收腹 shōu to draw in one's belly; to tighten the abdominal muscles
摇奖 yáo jiǎng to draw the winning ticket (in a lottery)
得中 zhòng (as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate / to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery)
吸气 to inhale / to draw in breath
逼和 to force a draw (in chess, competition etc)
逡巡 qūn xún to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant
前车之覆,后车之鉴 qián chē zhī , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
食禄 shí to draw government pay / to be in public service / salary of an official
吸住 zhù to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in
依亲 qīn (Tw) to be in the care of one's relatives / to be dependent on a relative / to draw on family connections
拉入 to pull into / to draw in
收敛锋芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
雪茄头 xuě jiā tóu cigarette lighter plug (inserted in a car's cigarette lighter socket to draw power)


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