niān
pick up (with the thumb and one or two fingers)
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pick up
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pick up
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nian1
to nip, to grasp with the fingers, to fiddle with, Taiwan pr.
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niān
(用两三个手指头夹; 捏) pick up (with the thumb and one or two fingers):
从罐子里拈出一块糖来 take a candy from the jar;
信手拈来 pick up at random
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拈|拈 [niān] to nip to grasp with the fingers to fiddle with Taiwan pr. [nián]

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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