批

to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]

euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]

to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

large quantities of

to examine and approve / to endorse

to do sth in batches or groups

to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority

to criticize severly / to censure

critical annotations between the lines

(vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 媽賣屄|妈卖屄[ma1 mai4 bi1])

sharp criticism

imperial rescript / emperor's written instructions in response to a report

countercriticism

to criticize severely / to slate