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to touch
to touch
to violate
sense of touch
to touch
lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart
to conflict
one's thoughts and feelings
to tap
tentacle
to trigger
everywhere
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Japan needed contact with the Western countries.
Source: Tatoeba #8834568 · CC BY 2.0 FRHis speech impressed us very much.
Source: Tatoeba #7774786 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
Source: Tatoeba #1582772 · CC BY 2.0 FRSon, stop always getting so close to strangers. It's very dangerous!
Source: Tatoeba #10041954 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.