扳 {pān}

1. to climb (by pulling oneself up)
2. to implicate
3. to claim connections of higher status

扳 paan¹ {bān}

1. to pull
2. to draw out
3. to turn

扳指 baan¹ zi² {bān zhǐ}

ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)

扳本 paan¹ bun² {bān běn}

to recoup losses (in gambling)

扳道 paan¹ dou⁶ {bān dào}

railroad switch

扳動〔-动〕 paan¹ dung⁶ {bān dòng}

1. to pull out
2. to pull a lever

扳價〔-价〕 paan¹ gaa³ {bān jià}

to raise price

扳機〔-机〕 paan¹ gei¹ {bān jī}

(gun) trigger

扳鉗〔-钳〕 paan¹ kim⁴ {bān qián}

1. wrench
2. spanner

扳平 paan¹ ping⁴ {bān píng}

1. to equalize
2. to level the score
3. to pull back the advantage

扳手 paan¹ sau² {bān shǒu}

1. spanner
2. wrench
3. lever (on a machine)

扳罾 paan¹ zang¹ {bān zēng}

to lift the fishnet

扳子 paan¹ zi² {bān zi}

1. spanner
2. wrench
3. CL: 把

扳本兒〔--儿〕 paan¹ bun² ji⁴ {bān běn r}

to recoup losses (in gambling)

扳道岔 paan¹ dou⁶ caa³ {bān dào chà}

railroad switch

扳道員〔--员〕 paan¹ dou⁶ jyun⁴ {bān dào yuán}

1. pointsman
2. switchman

扳不倒兒〔---儿〕 paan¹ bat¹ dou² ji⁴ {bān bù dǎo r}

1. tumbler
2. roly-poly

扳龍附鳳〔-龙-凤〕 paan¹ lung⁴ fu⁶ fung⁶ {bān lóng fù fèng}

hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement