"Oblique" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 pō rather / quite / considerably / oblique / inclined / slanting / Taiwan pr. [po3]
 xié inclined / slanting / oblique / tilting
 wāi xié crooked / askew / oblique / slanting / out of plumb
 piān to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
 xié jiāo bevel / oblique
 héng xié oblique / slanting
 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
 xié jiǎo bevel angle / oblique angle
 hán shā shè yǐng to attack someone by innuendo (idiom) / to make oblique charges / to make insinuations / to insinuate
 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree / fig. to scold sb indirectly / to make oblique accusations (idiom)
 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
 cè fēng oblique attack (brush movement in painting)
 zè shēng oblique tone / nonlevel tone / uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)
 wài xié jī external oblique muscle (sides of the chest)
 xié tóu yǐng oblique projection
 xié gàng oblique bar / slash (computing)
线 xié xiàn hào slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing) / virgule / slanting line / oblique line
 xié zhóu oblique axes (math.)
  sidescan sonar / oblique sonar
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