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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	撇	撇	piě	pie3	to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
2	八字还没一撇	八字還沒一撇	bā zì hái méi yī piě	ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3	lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
3	八字还没一撇儿	八字還沒一撇兒	bā zì hái méi yī piě r	ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3 r5	lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
4	八字没一撇	八字沒一撇	bā zì méi yī piě	ba1 zi4 mei2 yi1 pie3	lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
5	撇大条	撇大條	piě dà tiáo	pie3 da4 tiao2	(slang) to take a dump
6	撇号	撇號	piě hào	pie3 hao4	apostrophe ' (punct.); accent mark; prime symbol (math.)
7	撇清	撇清	piě qīng	pie3 qing1	to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear
8	撇条	撇條	piě tiáo	pie3 tiao2	(slang) to go to the toilet
9	撇嘴	撇嘴	piě zuǐ	pie3 zui3	to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
10	左撇子	左撇子	zuǒ piě zi	zuo3 pie3 zi5	left-handed