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| 扳手 | bānshǒu |
| 1. n. spanner; wrench |
| 2. n. machine lever |
| English > Chinese | |
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| wrench | |
| 1. 扳手；扳钳；猛扭;扭伤 |
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| 扳 | bān |
| 1. to pull; to turn |
| 2. to win back |
| 3. (literary, or in compounds) to debate; to dispute |
| 4. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) to grip something tightly |
| 5. Alternative form of 攀 (to climb; to pull) |
| 手 | shǒu |
| 1. hand |
| 2. expert; master |
| 高手 - master |
| 3. -ist; -er |
| 歌手 - singer |
| 4. convenient; handy; portable |
| 手機 - mobile phone |
| 手冊 - handbook |
| 5. handwritten |
| 6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling |
| 7. (Mainland China Hokkien) |
| 8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) |
| 9. (finance) |
| 10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. |
