抠字眼
抠字眼摳字眼 kōu zì yǎn ㄎㄡ ㄗˋ ㄧㄢˇ kau1 zi6 ngaan5
- to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
Stroke order
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
抠
- 抠图摳圖 kōu tú ㄎㄡ ㄊㄨˊ kau1 tou4 (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background; image matting
- 抠搜摳搜 kōu sou ㄎㄡ ˙ㄙㄡ kau1 sau2 (coll.) stingy; miserly
- 抠脚摳腳 kōu jiǎo ㄎㄡ ㄐㄧㄠˇ kau1 goek3 to scratch one's foot
- 抠门摳門 kōu mén ㄎㄡ ㄇㄣˊ kau1 mun4 (coll.) stingy
- 老抠老摳 lǎo kōu ㄌㄠˇ ㄎㄡ lou5 kau1 penny-pincher; miser
- 抠门儿摳門兒 kōu mén r ㄎㄡ ㄇㄣˊ ㄦ kau1 mun4 ji4 erhua form of 摳門|抠门[kou1 men2]
字
- 八字 bā zì ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ baat3 zi6 the character 8 or 八
- 名字 míng zi ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ming4 zi6 name (of a person or thing)
- 字典 zì diǎn ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ zi6 din2 Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
- 字幕 zì mù ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˋ zi6 mok6 subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
- 字样字樣 zì yàng ㄗˋ ㄧㄤˋ zi6 joeng6 model or template character
- 字母 zì mǔ ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ zi6 mou5 letter (of the alphabet)
Idioms with these characters
- 敬惜字纸敬惜字紙 jìng xī zì zhǐ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧ ㄗˋ ㄓˇ ging3 sik1 zi6 zi2 to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
- 识文断字識文斷字 shí wén duàn zì ㄕˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄗˋ sik1 man4 dyun3 zi6 (idiom) able to read; literate
- 天文数字天文數字 tiān wén shù zì ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄗˋ tin1 man4 sou2 zi6 (idiom) astronomical figure
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì ㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ ngaau5 man4 zoek3 zi6 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
- 一字褒贬一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn ㄧ ㄗˋ ㄅㄠ ㄅㄧㄢˇ jat1 zi6 bou1 bin2 lit. to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
- 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄔˋ ㄧㄢˇ baak6 mei4 cek3 ngaan5 for no reason (idiom)
- 鼻青眼肿鼻青眼腫 bí qīng yǎn zhǒng ㄅㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ bei6 ceng1 ngaan5 zung2 a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face
- 擦亮眼睛 cā liàng yǎn jīng ㄘㄚ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ caat3 loeng6 ngaan5 zing1 to keep one's eyes open (idiom)
- 大开眼界大開眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ daai6 hoi1 ngaan5 gaai3 (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
- 打马虎眼打馬虎眼 dǎ mǎ hu yǎn ㄉㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄏㄨ ㄧㄢˇ daa2 maa1 fu1 ngaan5 to play dumb