扑
Traditional 撲
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to throw oneself at
- to pounce on
- to devote one's energies
- to flap
- to flutter
- to dab
- to pat
- to bend over
In a conversation
0:17 cartoonThe puppy and the butterfly
- Dengdeng
快看，那只小狗在扑蝴蝶！
Look, that puppy is pouncing on a butterfly!
- Liangliang
它扑了好几次，都没扑到。
It pounced several times and caught nothing.
- Dengdeng
蝴蝶飞得太高了。
The butterfly flies too high.
- Liangliang
它又扑过去了，扑了一嘴草。
It pounced again and got a mouthful of grass.
- Dengdeng
它不扑了，坐下来吃草了。
It stopped pouncing and sat down to eat the grass.
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In a sentence
2 examples火马上就被扑熄了。
The fire was extinguished at once.
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他们同心协力地把火扑熄了。
They worked together to put out the fire.
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