qiǎng​pāi

to snap a shot

  • created sense approved 抢拍/搶拍 · qiǎng​pāi · to snap a shot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抢拍 / 搶拍

    qiǎng​pāi

    to snap a shot

    To seize the right moment to capture a good shot; to fight for a vantage point when taking a news picture or photographing a moving scene.

    抢 (literal) → 抢/搶 · qiǎng · to scramble for 拍 (literal) → 拍 · pāi · to shoot

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 抢拍/搶拍 · qiǎng​pāi · to jump the beat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抢拍 / 搶拍

    qiǎng​pāi

    to jump the beat

    To start singing or playing an instrument ahead of the beat or the conductor's signal

    抢 (literal) → 抢/搶 · qiǎng · to scramble for 拍 (literal) → 拍 · pāi · beat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense