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Trad. 撥
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
- to dial
- to allocate
- to set aside (money)
- to poke (the fire)
- to pluck (a string instrument)
- to turn round
- classifier: group, batch
Trad. 撥動
- to stir
- to prod
- to poke
- to move sideways
- to strum (on a guitar etc)
Trad. 撥弄
- to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc)
- to fiddle with
- to stir up
Trad. 調撥
- to send (products)
- to allocate
- to commit (funds)
- to channel (goods)
Trad. 土撥鼠
- (zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
Trad. 撥浪鼓
- rattle drum; pellet drum – a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
Trad. 撥亂反正
- bring order out of chaos
- set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
Trad. 撥弦樂器
- plucked string or stringed instrument
- plucked instrument
Trad. 撥號連接
- dial-up connection
- dial-up networking
Trad. 撥雲見日
- lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
Trad. 彈撥樂器
- plucked string instrument
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Trad. 挑撥是非
- to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
- to tell tales
- to make mischief
Trad. 挑撥離間
- to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
Trad. 四兩撥千斤
- lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
- fig. to achieve much with little effort