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tuī



推
push


Definitions

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tuī
     1. to push
           手推車 - pushcart
           推 開 窗 - to push the windows open
     2. to postpone; to delay
           推遲 - to postpone
     3. (figurative) to put aside; to push away; to dismiss; to explain away
           推諉 - to pass the buck
           推辭 - to decline with an excuse
           推-掉 聚會、推-掉 採訪、推-掉 責任 - to decline a gathering, to decline interviews, to decline responsibility
     4. to prompt; to propel
           推進 - to propel; to push forward
           推波助瀾 - "to drive the billowing waves"; to add fuel to fire
     5. to promote; to advertise; to advocate
           推廣 - to promote; to popularize
           推出 - to present
     6. to nominate; to recommend
           推薦 - to recommend
           推選 - to nominate
           唐代 詩人 首-推 李杜。 - Li Bai and Du Fu are ranked the top among the Tang-era poets.
     7. to generalize; to broaden
           推己及人 - to put oneself in someone's shoes
     8. to infer; to deduce
           推測 - to estimate; to infer
           類推 - to infer by analogy
     9. to derive; to reason; to compute
           推導 - to derive
           推論 - corollary
     10. to proceed; to succeed; to form a procession
           推移 - to proceed (in time)
     11. (Hong Kong, internet slang) to bump a thread in support; to "push".
           (syn, yue, push)
           (ant, yue, 拉, pull)
     12. (ACG or fandom) being a devoted fan of someone; to support someone (in an idol group; etc.)
           前田 @敦子 推 - a person supporting (Atsuko Maeda)
           一生 推 - to support someone or a particular group for life
           首 推 - member that someone like most in an idol group
     13. Notes. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)
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