拋 pāo

throw (away), abandon, reject

DEFINITIONS

  • throw (away), abandon, reject
  • to throw
  • to toss
  • to fling
  • to cast
  • to abandon

WORDS

拋下 pāo xià to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down
拋下錨 pāo xià máo to drop anchor
拋光 pāo guāng to polish; to burnish
拋出 pāo chū to toss; to throw out
拋卻 pāo què to discard
拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
拋媚眼 pāo mèi yǎn to throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)
拋射 pāo shè to throw; to shoot
拋射物 pāo shè wù projectile
拋射體 pāo shè tǐ projectile
拋撒 pāo sǎ to sprinkle
拋擲 pāo zhì to throw; to cast
拋散 pāo sàn to scatter; to disperse
拋棄 pāo qì to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
拋灑 pāo sǎ to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
拋物線 pāo wù xiàn parabola
拋物面 pāo wù miàn paraboloid (geometry)
拋生耦 pāo shēng ǒu to entice an inexperienced man
拋磚 pāo zhuān to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
拋磚引玉 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
拋空 pāo kōng to short-sell (finance)
拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court
拋臉 pāo liǎn to lose face; humiliation
拋荒 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land); fig. rusty because of lack of practice
拋補 pāo bǔ cover (i.e. insurance against loss in financial deals)
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