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Character Decomposition
扳=扌+反
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to pull
to turn (sth) around
to turn around (a situation)
to recoup
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Words with 扳 36 total
to demand a high price扳价bān jiàto pull out · to pull a lever扳动bān dòngto pull back · to regain (one's dignity etc) · to recover from (an adverse situation) · to turn the tables扳回bān huíspanner; wrench · CL:把 bǎ扳子bān zito equalize · to level the score · to pull back the advantage扳平bān píngspanner · wrench · lever (on a machine)扳手bān shǒuornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)扳指bān zhǐto recoup losses (in gambling)扳本bān běn(gun) trigger扳机bān jīto lift the fishnet扳罾bān zēngrailroad switch扳道bān dàowrench · spanner扳钳bān qiánopen spanner · open end spanner · flat spanner呆扳手dāi bān shǒuerhua variant of 扳指 bān zhǐ扳指儿bān zhǐ rto recoup losses (in gambling)扳本儿bān běn rpointsman · switchman扳道员bān dào yuánrailroad switch扳道岔bān dào chàpipe wrench管扳手guǎn bān shǒudamaged by groundless slander (idiom)劈空扳害pī kōng bān hàisocket spanner套筒扳手tào tǒng bān shǒulever hoist pulley手扳葫芦shǒu bān hú lu(dialect) roly-poly toy扳不倒儿bān bù dǎo rto recover some lost ground (in a competition)扳回一城bān huí yī chénghitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement扳龙附凤bān lóng fù fèng
Idioms with 扳 1 total Chain
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