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to nip
to grasp with the fingers
to fiddle with
Taiwan pr. [nian2]

🖌️ 拈 Strokes

拈niān 指zhǐ

a snap of the fingers
a short moment
in a flash
in the twinkling of an eye

🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 指 Strokes

拈niān 酸suān

(old) to be jealous

🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 酸 Strokes

拈niān 香xiāng

burn incense

🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 香 Strokes

手shǒu 到dào 拈niān 来lái

Trad. 手到拈來

lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom)
fig. easy to do

🖌️ 手 Strokes 🖌️ 到 Strokes 🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 来 Strokes

惹rě 草cǎo 拈niān 花huā

see 拈花惹草[nian1 hua1 re3 cao3]

🖌️ 惹 Strokes 🖌️ 草 Strokes 🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 花 Strokes

拈niān 花huā 惹rě 草cǎo

lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
fig. to womanize
to frequent brothels
to sow one's wild oats

🖌️ 拈 Strokes 🖌️ 花 Strokes 🖌️ 惹 Strokes 🖌️ 草 Strokes