Chinese Notes

挥 (揮) huī

huī verb to direct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '揮')
huī verb to wipe away
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '揮')
huī verb to squander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '揮')

Contained in

挥麈(揮麈) to brandish
挥毫洒墨(揮毫灑墨) to wield a writing brush
呼之即来，挥之即去(呼之即來，揮之即去) to come when called; ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
瞎指挥(瞎指揮) to direct blindly; to issue confused orders; to give contradictory directions
挥之不去(揮之不去) impossible to get rid of
挥霍无度(揮霍無度) extravagance; extravagant
挥手(揮手) to wave (one's hand)
挥金如土(揮金如土) to squander money like dirt; to spend money like water; extravagant
挥发(揮發) to vaporize ; to display
挥翰(揮翰) to wield a writing brush
挥戈(揮戈) to brandish a spear
挥舞(揮舞) to brandish; to wave sth
一挥而就(一揮而就) to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
挥发油(揮發油) a volatile oil
指挥棒(指揮棒) baton
指挥(指揮) to command; to direct ; a commander; a conductor
挥师(揮師) in command of the army
即兴发挥(即興發揮) improvisation
指挥者(指揮者) conductor; director
指挥中心(指揮中心) command center
抗震救灾指挥部(抗震救災指揮部) earthquake relief headquarter
挥毫(揮毫) to write or draw with a brush; to put pen to paper; to write
发挥(發揮) to display; to exhibit; to bring out
挥笔(揮筆) to write poetry or create calligraphy
弹指一挥间(彈指一揮間) in a flash
挥汗成雨(揮汗成雨) to drip with sweat; sweat poured off (him)
挥汗如雨(揮汗如雨) to drip with sweat
总指挥部(總指揮部) general headquarters
执行指挥官(執行指揮官) executing commander
挥霍(揮霍) to squander ; rapid; agile ; to display
挥军进击(揮軍進擊) command troops to move forward and attack
擐甲挥戈(擐甲揮戈) to put on armor and carry a weapon; ready for battle
挥动(揮動) to wave; to brandish
挥斥(揮斥) to chide; to berate; energetic
挥发性(揮發性) volatility
借题发挥(借題發揮) to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use something as a pretext to make a fuss
挥发性存储器(揮發性存儲器) volatile memory
指挥家(指揮家) conductor
挥霍浪费(揮霍浪費) to spend extravagantly; to squander
挥洒(挥灑) to sprinkle; to shed; to write in a free style ; to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc)
挥斥方遒(揮斥方遒) full of vim
指挥有方，人人乐从(指揮有方，人人樂從) Command right and you will be obeyed cheerfully.
挥杆(揮桿) swing (golf)
擐甲挥兵(擐甲揮兵) to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
挥汗(揮汗) to sweat profusely
指挥官(指揮官) commander
挥泪(揮淚) to shed tears; to be all in tears

Also contained in

锦衣卫指挥使司

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Truncated for common words

卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
卷五十五列傳第二十五夏侯湛潘岳張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 6
卷一百八十七志第一百四十兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
第五回 Chapter 5 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 5
卷一百八十九志第一百四十二兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5

Collocations

挥涕 (揮涕) 莫不悼心揮涕 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四下袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74b: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 2 — count: 14
挥刀 (揮刀) 庖丁揮刀 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五列傳第二十五夏侯湛潘岳張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 10
挥刃 (揮刃) 夫據圖揮刃 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十三列傳第三徐羨之傅亮檀道濟 Volume 43 Biographies 3: Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Tan Daoji — count: 7
公孙挥 (公孫揮) 鄭行人公孫揮如晉聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
挥挥 (揮揮) 提禍揮揮 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 4
手挥 (手揮) 手揮五弦易 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十二列傳第六十二文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers — count: 3
坐挥 (坐揮) 坐揮八柄 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十五列傳第四十九豫章王綜武陵王紀臨賀王正德河東王譽 Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong — count: 3
挥剑 (揮劍) 揮劍挾弓 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 4 — count: 3
挥金 (揮金) 揮金僚朋 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十鄭孔荀列傳 Volume 70: Biographies of Zheng, Kong, Xun — count: 3
挥袂 (揮袂) 揮袂出風雲 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十五列傳第二十五夏侯湛潘岳張載 Volume 55 Biographies 25: Xiahou Zhan; Pan Yue; Zhang Zai — count: 2