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- to roll up
- (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation)
- (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive
- a roll
- classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
- scroll
- book
- volume
- chapter
- examination paper
- classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
Trad. 內卷
- (embryology) to involute; involution
- (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race; to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources)
Trad. 捲門
- rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
Trad. 殘卷
- surviving section of a classic work
- remaining chapters (while reading a book)
Trad. 調卷
- to consult the archives; to check the records (usually of legal proceedings)
- adult squid, typically more than 15 cm long with a slender body and fins in the shape of a big rhombus (Tw)
- (bird species of China) black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Trad. 捲層雲
- cirrostratus (cloud)
- also written 卷層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]
Trad. 捲鋪蓋
- to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things
- (fig.) to quit
- (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
Trad. 銀絲捲
- yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
- (bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
Trad. 書卷獎
- presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)
- to plunder the land and extort from the peasant
- corrupt practice
Trad. 卷層雲
- cirrostratus (cloud)
- also written 捲層雲|卷层云[juan3 ceng2 yun2]
Trad. 開卷有益
- lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
Trad. 收旗卷傘
- lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
- fig. to stop what one is doing
Trad. 髮冠卷尾
- (bird species of China) hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
Trad. 捲舌元音
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Trad. 手不釋卷
- lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
- fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
Trad. 卷土重來
- lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
- fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
- to make a comeback
Trad. 卷羽鵜鶘
- (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
- retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Trad. 鴉嘴卷尾
- (bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens)
Trad. 捲鋪蓋走人
- to pack one's things and leave
Trad. 古銅色卷尾
- (bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
Trad. 讀萬卷書，行萬里路
- lit. read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom)
- fig. acquire knowledge from study and wisdom from practical experience
Trad. 行萬里路勝讀萬卷書
- to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books