撇

• Pinyin: piě
• Desglose de hanzi: 撇 = 扌 (hand) + 敝 (worn out/discarded — phonetic; suggests brushing away)

Significado

Quitar la espuma/grasas; apartar; dejar de lado; trazo 丿 (caligrafía).

撇开 means to set aside or leave out of consideration. In cooking, 撇去浮沫 means to skim off foam. In calligraphy, the 撇 stroke descends diagonally to the lower left. The verb can also mean to toss something aside carelessly or dismissively.

Ejemplos

1. 厨师将高汤中浮起的杂质和多余油脂仔细地撇去，使汤底更加清澈醇厚，入口纯净无杂味。
2. 暂且撇开政治因素不谈，单从经济角度分析，这项合作协议对双方均具有相当可观的长期收益。
3. 练习书法时，撇这一笔须起笔重、收笔轻，力道由腕部贯穿笔尖，方能写出自然舒展的弧度。

Guía de uso

Contexto: cooking, writing, discussion

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 在炖煮骨汤的前二十分钟，需要持续撇去表面浮沫，这一步骤对于最终成品的清澈度和纯净口感至关重要，不可省略。(During the first twenty minutes of simmering bone broth, one must continuously skim off the foam that rises to the surface — this step is critical for the final product's clarity and clean flavour and must not be skipped.)
• 撇开个人情感因素，纯粹从专业标准来评估这份申请材料，委员会认为候选人的综合实力确实达到了录取门槛。(Setting aside personal emotional factors and evaluating this application purely on professional standards, the committee concluded that the candidate's overall capabilities did indeed meet the admission threshold.)

Incorrecto

• 撇 in calligraphy is specifically the left-falling stroke — do not confuse it with 捺 (the right-falling stroke) when teaching or discussing Chinese brushwork

Origen e historia

扌 (hand radical) + 敝 (worn out/cast aside — phonetic) — to brush or flick something aside with the hand

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal