派

clique / school / group / faction / to dispatch / to send / to assign / to appoint / pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926 / (loanword) pie

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Character component without intrinsic meaning

two-faced person / double-dealing

happy-go-lucky people / optimists

Shia sect (of Islam)

moderate faction / party of compromise / middle ground

the pro-war faction / hawks

a bunch of nonsense

freeloader; moocher; sponger

see 做派[zuo4 pai4]

a pack of lies

centrist / the centrist faction

the peace faction / doves