撇piē ❶ (弃置不顾； 抛弃) cast aside; throw overboard; neglect: 不能只抓一头，把别的事都 ～ 在一旁。 We should not just concentrate on one thing to the neglect of everything else. 他 ～下了妻子儿女。 He left his wife and children behind. 她一旦变富就把老朋友都 ～ 了。 As soon as she became rich, she cast aside all her old friends. 我们不能 ～ 下他不管。 We should not ignore him.
❷ （从液体表面上轻轻地舀） skim: 把菜汤的油脂 ～ 去 skim off the fat from the soup
另见 see also piě。
◆撇开 put aside; dismiss; leave aside; bypass; 撇弃 abandon; desert; cast away; 撇去 skim; 撇渣 {冶} drossing; raking off the slag; scumming
撇piěⅠ （平着扔出去） throw; fling; cast: ～ 手榴弹 throw hand grenades; 他把一块石头 ～ 到海里。 He flung a stone into the sea. Ⅱ (汉字的笔画，形状是 “丿”) left-falling stroke (in Chinese characters) Ⅲ （用于像撇的东西）: 两 ～ 胡子 two small tufts of moustache; 两 ～ 浓眉， 一双大眼 two bushy brows over a pair of big eyes
另见 see also piē。
◆撇号 accent sign; accent; prime; 撇嘴 curl one's lip; twitch one's mouth |