Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "拨" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "拨" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
bō
Definition
to push aside / to appropriate (money) / to move / to set aside / group / batch / to poke / to stir
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
to allocate funds / appropriation
to push aside / to part / to brush away
to incite disharmony / to instigate
to give instructions / to give advice
dial / dial-up / put through
to stir / to prod / to poke / to move sideways / to strum (on a guitar etc)
to assign / to allocate / to transfer (money to an account)
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
四两拨千斤 sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
to dial a telephone number
bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder