| 撇 | 100A30 10A.82-2 | 部居  | 畫數 14 | ㄆㄧㄝ [pie1] (*ㄆㄧㄝˇ [pie3] ). | ||
| N. | (*[pie3]) A slanting stroke in calligraphy, like the first stroke in 人，千. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) Cast aside, leave behind, often with complement: 撇下，撇開 : 撇下一妻三子 leave behind one wife and three children; 撇不開 cannot shove aside (duties, etc.). (2) To skim oil or matter from surface of liquid: 撇油 [pie1you2]↓. (3) (*[pie3]) As in 撇嘴 to draw down corners of lips in contempt, or in a child about to cry; 撇齒拉嘴 phr., making a contemptuous expression. | |||||
| Words | 1. 撇棄 [pie1qi4], v.t., abandon. 2. 撇清 [pie1qing1], v.i., disengage oneself, pretend to be uninvolved. 3. 撇蘭 pr.[pie3lan2], n. & v.i., a game in which each person chooses the leaf of a drawn orchid, determining sum to be contributed, covered and unseen. 4. 撇漾 [pie1yang4], v.t., (MC) abandon and drift apart. 5. 撇油兒 [pie1you2er0], v.i., have a finger in the pie, grease one's palm. | |||||