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拂

fú verb C2
  1. to flick
  2. to brush off
  3. (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
  4. (literary) to run counter to
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  • bìold variant of 弼[bi4]

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朝廷旧臣,山林隐士,无不拭目而待:以为拂高天之云翳,仰日月之光辉,拯斯民于水火之中,措天下于衽席之上,在此时也。
三国演义(第四十三回), p. 4 · C2
  孙权听了孔明此言,不觉勃然变色,拂衣而起,退入后堂。
三国演义(第四十三回), p. 10 · C2
桓式年少,从外来,云:「向从阁下过,见令史受杖,上捎云根,下拂地足。
世说新语(四篇), p. 4 · C2

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