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笔画数
bǐ huà shù
Pinyin
Definition
笔画数
-
bǐ huà shù
stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
Character Decomposition
笔
⺮
毛
画
一
田
凵
数
米
女
⺙
Related Words
(20)
倒数
dào shǔ
1
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
2
to count down
3
from the bottom (lines on a page)
4
from the back (rows of seats)
动画
dòng huà
1
animation
2
cartoon
大多数
dà duō shù
1
(great) majority
指数
zhǐ shù
1
(numerical, statistical) index
2
(math.) exponent
3
index
4
exponential (function, growth)
数
shǔ
1
to count
2
to count as
3
to regard as
4
to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)
数字
shù zì
1
numeral
2
digit
3
number
4
figure
5
amount
6
digital (electronics etc)
7
CL:個|个[gè]
数学
shù xué
1
mathematics
2
mathematical
数据
shù jù
1
data
2
numbers
3
digital
数量
shù liàng
1
amount
2
quantity
3
CL:個|个[gè]
4
quantitative
漫画
màn huà
1
caricature
2
cartoon
3
Japanese manga
无数
wú shù
1
countless
2
numberless
3
innumerable
画
huà
1
to draw
2
picture
3
painting
4
CL:幅[fú],張|张[zhāng]
5
classifier for paintings etc
6
variant of 劃|划[huà]
画面
huà miàn
1
scene
2
tableau
3
picture
4
image
5
screen (displayed by a computer)
6
(motion picture) frame
7
field of view
笔
bǐ
1
pen
2
pencil
3
writing brush
4
to write or compose
5
the strokes of Chinese characters
6
classifier for sums of money, deals
7
CL:支[zhī],枝[zhī]
笔记本
bǐ jì běn
1
notebook (stationery)
2
CL:本[běn]
3
notebook (computing)
绘画
huì huà
1
drawing
2
painting
下笔
xià bǐ
1
to put pen to paper
人数
rén shù
1
number of people
代数
dài shù
1
algebra
代笔
dài bǐ
1
to write on behalf of sb
2
to ghostwrite
Idioms
(20)
一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
1
one scare after another (idiom)
2
in a constant state of tension
一笔不苟
yī bǐ bù gǒu
1
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)
2
fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
1
lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2
innumerable
依样画葫芦
yī yàng huà hú lu
1
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
2
fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
依葫芦画瓢
yī hú lu huà piáo
1
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
2
fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
1
Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
1
to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
2
to denounce by word and pen
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
1
the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
1
lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
2
fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
liáo liáo kě shǔ
1
just a very few (idiom); tiny number
2
just a handful
3
not many at all
4
You count them on your fingers.
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
1
can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
2
very few
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
1
to know the score (idiom)
2
to be well aware of the situation
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
1
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
1
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
2
to join the military (esp. of educated person)
持橐簪笔
chí tuó zān bǐ
1
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
1
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
2
to explain by waving one's hands
3
to criticize or give orders summarily
擢发难数
zhuó fà nán shǔ
1
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
2
fig. innumerable (crimes)
数一数二
shǔ yī shǔ èr
1
reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
2
one of the very best
3
to list one by one
数不胜数
shǔ bù shèng shǔ
1
too many to count (idiom); innumerable
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
1
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
Sample Sentences