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撇掉
piē diào
Pinyin
Definition
撇掉
-
piē diào
to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
Character Decomposition
撇
扌
巾
冫
⺙
掉
扌
⺊
日
十
Related Words
(20)
掉
diào
1
to fall
2
to drop
3
to lag behind
4
to lose
5
to go missing
6
to reduce
7
fall (in prices)
8
to lose (value, weight etc)
9
to wag
10
to swing
11
to turn
12
to change
13
to exchange
14
to swap
15
to show off
16
to shed (hair)
17
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
丢掉
diū diào
1
to lose
2
to throw away
3
to discard
4
to cast away
删掉
shān diào
1
to delete
剪掉
jiǎn diào
1
to cut off
2
to cut away
3
to trim
去掉
qù diào
1
to get rid of
2
to exclude
3
to eliminate
4
to remove
5
to delete
6
to strip out
7
to extract
吃掉
chī diào
1
to eat up
2
to consume
喝掉
hē diào
1
to drink up
2
to finish (a drink)
坏掉
huài diào
1
spoilt
2
ruined
失掉
shī diào
1
to lose
2
to miss
干掉
gàn diào
1
to get rid of
忘掉
wàng diào
1
to forget
扔掉
rēng diào
1
to throw away
2
to throw out
拔掉
bá diào
1
to pluck
2
to pull off
3
to pull out
4
to unplug
掉下
diào xià
1
to drop down
2
to fall
掉泪
diào lèi
1
to shed tears
掉落
diào luò
1
to fall down
掉头
diào tóu
1
to turn one's head
2
to turn round
3
to turn about
改掉
gǎi diào
1
to drop a bad habit
毁掉
huǐ diào
1
to destroy
甩掉
shuǎi diào
1
to throw off
2
to abandon
3
to cast off
4
to get rid of
5
to dump
Idioms
(8)
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
1
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
1
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
2
to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
1
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
2
fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
diào shū dài
1
lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
2
fig. to show off one's erudition
3
a person who does so
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
1
to ignore an issue (idiom)
Sample Sentences