Character
RADICAL | ⽳ (116.13) |
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STROKES | 18 |
SIMPLIFIED | 窍 |
hole, opening, aperture
DEFINITIONS
- hole, opening, aperture
- hole
- opening
- orifice (of the human body)
- (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
WORDS
一竅不通 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 |
七竅 qī qiào | the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
七竅生煙 qī qiào shēng yān | lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger |
不開竅 bù kāi qiào | unable to understand; can't get the point |
九竅 jiǔ qiào | nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) |
心竅 xīn qiào | the mind; capacity for clear thinking |
竅門 qiào mén | a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth) |
竅門兒 qiào mén r | a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth) |
訣竅 jué qiào | secret; trick; knack; key |
財迷心竅 cái mí xīn qiào | mad about money (idiom) |
開竅 kāi qiào | to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns |
靈魂出竅 líng hún chū qiào | out-of-body experience |
鬼迷心竅 guǐ mí xīn qiào | to be obsessed; to be possessed |
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