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Trad. 撲
- to throw oneself at
- to pounce on
- to devote one's energies
- to flap
- to flutter
- to dab
- to pat
- to bend over
Trad. 反撲
- to counterattack
- to come back after a defeat
- to retrieve lost ground
Trad. 撲救
- firefighting
- to extinguish a fire and save life and property
- to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
Trad. 撲空
- lit. to rush at thin air
- fig. to miss one's aim
- to have nothing to show for one's troubles
Trad. 撲襲
- (of an animal) to pounce (on its prey)
- (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
Trad. 撲跌
- to fall flat on one's face
- (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)
Trad. 撲面
- lit. sth hits one in the face
- directly in one's face
- sth assaults the senses
- blatant (advertising)
- eye-catching
- (a smell) assaults the nostrils
Trad. 飛蛾撲火
- the moth flies into the flame
- fatal attraction
Trad. 撲面而來
- lit. sth hits one in the face
- directly in one's face
- sth assaults the senses
- blatant (advertising)
- eye-catching
- (a smell) assaults the nostrils
Trad. 顛撲不破
- solid; unbreakable
- (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
Trad. 餓虎撲食
- like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
Trad. 香味撲鼻
- exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Trad. 異香撲鼻
- exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Trad. 幾何拓撲學
- (math.) geometric topology