skim off (cream etc)

cast aside; disregard; ignore; neglect

leftfalling stroke (in Chinese characters)/to leave or escape (Cantonese)/to dump

一千文, 一干水, 一撇嘢, 金牛

one thousand dollars ($1,000)

a thousand dollars

cast/leave aside; ignore; disregard; neglect; bypass

No left-falling stroke is in sight even after ten strokes of a character have been written

There is not the slightest sign of anything happening yet

lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress

Kangxi radical 35 夊

get rid of

to get rid of

moustache

a stroke of a thing, which means a part of something or happening

lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress

thousand dollars / bucks [colloquial]

to abandon; to ditch; to desert; to dump

to ditch; to abandon

a split mustache with two strips of hair above the upper lip (八字鬍子)

thin moustache resembling the two-stroke Chinese character 八

to skim grease off while cooking

Kangxi radical 34 夂

left-handed; left-hander; southpaw | 粵: 用左手(嘅); [俗] 左撓; 左㕭; 左𠰋

gauche; clumsy [] Note: This term may be derogatory; for neutral language, better to use "用左手(的)"

Kangxi radical 59 彡

just saying; have not or just begin preparation (slang)

Criminals found that things are going wrong, and they ran away

rain that is going 'sideways' due to strong winds.

thousand dollars / bucks [colloquial]

to skim a stone (in water)