窍 qiào

hole, opening, aperture

HSK 6 #3020

DEFINITIONS

  • hole, opening, aperture
  • hole
  • opening
  • orifice (of the human body)
  • (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

STROKES

WORDS

窍门 qiào mén
HSK 6
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
诀窍 jué qiào secret; trick; knack; key
一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
开窍 kāi qiào to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
鬼迷心窍 guǐ mí xīn qiào to be obsessed; to be possessed
七窍 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
心窍 xīn qiào the mind; capacity for clear thinking
财迷心窍 cái mí xīn qiào mad about money (idiom)
七窍生烟 qī qiào shēng yān lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
不开窍 bù kāi qiào unable to understand; can't get the point
九窍 jiǔ qiào nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
窍门儿 qiào mén r a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
灵魂出窍 líng hún chū qiào out-of-body experience
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