"Snap" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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断 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
抓拍 zhuā pāi to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo)
折 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
撧 juē to break off / to snap
抢购 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically / to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)
折断 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break
弹指 tán zhǐ a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
豆角 dòu jiǎo string bean / snap bean / green bean
折枝 zhé zhī massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in an instant / in a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
按扣 àn kòu snap fastener
摁扣儿 èn kòu r snap fastener / press stud / popper
抄底 chāo dǐ (finance) to snap up undervalued stocks / bargain-hunting / bottom-fishing
倒春寒 dào chūn hán cold snap during the spring
拈指 niān zhǐ a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye
甜豆 tián dòu sugar snap pea
瞬时试样 shùn shí shì yàng snap sample
攀折 pān zhé to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
子母扣 zǐ mǔ kòu snap fastener
暗扣 àn kòu hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
接盘 jiē pán (of an entrepreneur) to buy up a struggling business / (finance) to snap up shares sold off by others / (neologism) (slang) to take as a girlfriend a woman who was dumped by her ex for sleeping around
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