| 撥 | 100C20 10A.82-3 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄅㄛ [bo1] | ||
| N. | (1) A handful (of earth, ashes, powder). (2) (AC) cord for pulling hearse= 紼 93B.22. (3) (AC) a kind of ladies’ hair ornament. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To stir with hand or stick: 撥土，灰 stir dust, ashes; to move (switch, etc.) with a slight finger movement; 撥表針 move watch hand; 撥動 [bo1dong4]↓; 撥算盤 tick off beads on abacus; poke fire, see 撥火棍 [bo1huo3gun4]↓; 撥開 poke aside, spread out; 撥歸一邊 set on one side. (2) To dispel, push aside (curtain): 撥開雲霧見青天 (or 撥雲見日) clear the clouds and see the sky, (fig.) remove cloud of suspicion, redress wrong and restore justice; 撥亂反正 dispel chaos and restore peace. (3) TO assign, set aside: 撥兵 despatch troops; 撥項 transfer a sum; 撥一筆款 set aside a sum. | |||||
| Words | 1. 撥動 [bo1dong4], v.t., move by finger (hour hand), turn (a switch). 2. 撥發 [bo1fa1], v.t. & n., pay out, transfer (funds). 3. 撥火棍 [bo1huo3gun4], n., poker for fireplace. 4. 撥腳 [bo1jiao3], v.i., fell (a person) by placing leg across opponent’s, a boxer's movement. 5. 撥剌 [bo1la4], n., noise of striking fins, 扒 also 扒拉 10A.80; noise of twanging bow. 6. 撥浪鼓 [bo1lang1gu3], n., = 波浪鼓 63A.82. 7. 撥弄 [bo1long4], v.t., as in 撥弄是非 stir up trouble by gossip, rumors; fiddle with. | |||||