Character

抛 pāo

throw (away)

HSK 6 #1692

抛弃 pāo qì HSK 6	to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
抛开 pāo kāi	to throw out; to get rid of
抛锚 pāo máo	to drop anchor; to break down (of a car etc)
抛售 pāo shòu	to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛光 pāo guāng	to polish; to burnish
抛头露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn	to show your face in public (derog.)
抛物线 pāo wù xiàn	parabola
抛洒 pāo sǎ	to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù	lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
抛掷 pāo zhì	to throw; to cast
抛物面 pāo wù miàn	paraboloid (geometry)
抛下 pāo xià	to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
抛下锚 pāo xià máo	to drop anchor
抛出 pāo chū	to toss; to throw out
抛却 pāo què	to discard
抛媚眼 pāo mèi yǎn	to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
抛射 pāo shè	to throw; to shoot
抛射物 pāo shè wù	projectile
抛射体 pāo shè tǐ	projectile
抛撒 pāo sǎ	to sprinkle
抛散 pāo sàn	to scatter; to disperse
抛生耦 pāo shēng ǒu	to entice an inexperienced man
抛砖 pāo zhuān	to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉\|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
抛空 pāo kōng	to short-sell (finance)
抛绣球 pāo xiù qiú	throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court

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