翹 qiào

turn up, lift, elevate, raise

DEFINITIONS

翹 qiào
  • to stick up
  • to rise on one end
  • to tilt
翹 qiáo
  • outstanding
  • to raise

WORDS

翹辮子 qiào biàn zi (coll.) to die; to kick the bucket
翹首 qiáo shǒu to raise one's head and look around (esp. at the state of the nation)
翹首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom); to anxiously await
翹鼻麻鴨 qiào bí má yā (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
連翹 lián qiáo Forsythia
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