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Usage of the character 掷

zhì
[擲]
  • to toss
  • to throw dice
  • Taiwan pr. (zhí)
tóuzhì
投掷
[投擲]
  • to throw sth a long distance
  • to hurl
  • to throw at
  • to throw (dice etc)
  • to flip (a coin)
zhìjiǎo
掷筊
[擲筊]
  • poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
zhìshǎi
掷色
[擲色]
  • to throw the dice
zhìhuán
掷还
[擲還]
  • please return (an item sent in the mail)
pāozhì
抛掷
[拋擲]
  • to throw; to toss
zhìtóuzi
掷骰子
[擲骰子]
  • to throw the dice
gūzhùyīzhì
孤注一掷
[孤注一擲]
  • to stake all on one throw
qiānjīnyīzhì
千金一掷
[千金一擲]
  • lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  • extravagant
yīzhìqiānjīn
一掷千金
[一擲千金]
  • lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  • extravagant
zhìdìyǒushēng
掷地有声
[擲地有聲]
  • lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom)
  • fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating
  • to have substance