"to scrape" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
擦伤擦傷	cā shāng	to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch
刡	mǐn	to scrape / to pare
刮擦	guā cā	to scrape

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
活命	huó mìng	life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living	syn
凑足湊足	còu zú	to scrape together enough (people, money etc)	syn
刮掉	guā diào	to scrape off / to shave off (whiskers etc) / (of the wind) to blow sth away
铲鏟	chǎn	to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds) / to shovel (variant of 剷\|铲[chan3]) / (bound form) spade / shovel	syn
剔	tī	to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out	syn
摇尾乞怜搖尾乞憐	yáo wěi qǐ lián	lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel	syn
卑躬屈节卑躬屈節	bēi gōng qū jié	to bow and scrape / to act servilely
擖	gě	scrape
糊嘴	hú zuǐ	to scrape a meager living / to get by with difficulty
罗掘羅掘	luó jué	to scrape together money (abbr. for 羅雀掘鼠\|罗雀掘鼠[luo2que4-jue2shu3])
低空飞过低空飛過	dī kōng fēi guò	to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
刮蹭	guā cèng	to scrape one's car against sth / to sideswipe
为五斗米折腰為五斗米折腰	wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo	(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛\|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate) / (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary

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