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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	拈	拈	niān	nian1	to nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with; Taiwan pr. [nian2]
2	拈花惹草	拈花惹草	niān huā rě cǎo	nian1 hua1 re3 cao3	lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
3	拈轻怕重	拈輕怕重	niān qīng pà zhòng	nian1 qing1 pa4 zhong4	to pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones (idiom)
4	拈酸	拈酸	niān suān	nian1 suan1	(old) to be jealous
5	拈酸吃醋	拈酸吃醋	niān suān chī cù	nian1 suan1 chi1 cu4	to be jealous (idiom)
6	拈香	拈香	niān xiāng	nian1 xiang1	burn incense
7	拈指	拈指	niān zhǐ	nian1 zhi3	a snap of the fingers; a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
8	惹草拈花	惹草拈花	rě cǎo niān huā	re3 cao3 nian1 hua1	see 拈花惹草
9	手到拈来	手到拈來	shǒu dào niān lái	shou3 dao4 nian1 lai2	lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); fig. easy to do
10	信手拈来	信手拈來	xìn shǒu niān lái	xin4 shou3 nian1 lai2	to get sth. without effort; to have material at one's fingertips and write freely; to write freely without too much hesitation; to pick at random (idiom)