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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

批 [pī]
  1. 1. verb [批示] comment
    批示
    comment
  2. 2. verb [批评] criticize
  3. 3. noun wholesale
    我们将成批购进材料。
    We are going to buy the materials wholesale.
  4. 4. measure word
    一批大学生
    a group of university students
    新到的一批货
    a new batch of goods

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

批 [pī]
  1. 1. verb slap
    批颊
    slap sb.'s face; box sb.'s ear
  2. 2. verb scrape; pare; cut into slices
    片批
    slicing
  3. 3. verb criticize; refute
    批深批透
    criticize penetratingly and thoroughly
    真理是批不倒的。
    Truth cannot be overthrown by criticism.
  4. 4. verb write instructions or comments on (a report from a subordinate, etc.)
    批文件
    write instructions on documents
  5. 5. adjective wholesale
    批购
    buy goods wholesale
  6. 6. measure word batch; lot; group; array
    新到的一批化肥
    a new lot of chemical fertilizer
    一大批积极分子
    large numbers of activists
    出动多批飞机
    dispatch wave after wave of planes

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

批 [pī]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 用手掌打
    批颊。
  2. 2. 动 对下级的文件、别人的文章、作业等写下意见或评语
    报告没批下来
    批准
    批改
    审批。
  3. 3. 名 批语；批注
    眉批
    夹批。
  4. 4. 动 批评；批判
    让老师叫去批了一通
    批驳。
  5. 5. 形 大宗的；大量的
    批发
    批量生产。
  6. 6. 量 用于大宗的货物或大量的人
    一批彩电
    第二批学员。
  7. 7. 名 [口] 棉麻等未捻成线、绳时的细缕
    线批
    麻批儿。
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Examples

只爱听恭维话，不爱听批评话
be fond of flattery but deaf to criticism
他的牌证批下来了。
His licence was approved.
批文件
write instructions on documents
我的提议，不知何时能批下来。
I don't know when my proposal will be approved.
这是批快货，应该再进一些！
This is quick-selling merchandises. We should stock more.
这些批拨下来的救灾物资，一定要分发到灾民手中。
Make sure to distribute these disaster relief materials to the hands of the victims.
这个小市场专门批零各种饰品。
This small marketplace specializes in the wholesale and retail of all kinds of ornaments.
当官的虽然手里有些权利，可也不应乱批条子啊。
Even if officials have some power, they shouldn't write notes of approval at will.
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扌
[shǒu]		 + 比
[bǐ]

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