抽插
抽插 chōu chā ㄔㄡ ㄔㄚ cau1 caap3
- to slide in and out
- thrusting
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
抽
- 抽屉抽屜 chōu ti ㄔㄡ ˙ㄊㄧ cau1 tai3 drawer
- 抽查 chōu chá ㄔㄡ ㄔㄚˊ cau1 caa4 random inspection
- 抽样抽樣 chōu yàng ㄔㄡ ㄧㄤˋ cau1 joeng2 sample; sampling
- 抽奖抽獎 chōu jiǎng ㄔㄡ ㄐㄧㄤˇ cau1 zoeng2 to draw a prize
- 抽空 chōu kòng ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ cau1 hung1 to find the time to do sth
- 抽签抽籤 chōu qiān ㄔㄡ ㄑㄧㄢ cau1 cim1 to perform divination with sticks
插
- 插嘴 chā zuǐ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ caap3 zeoi2 to interrupt (sb talking)
- 插图插圖 chā tú ㄔㄚ ㄊㄨˊ caap3 tou4 illustration
- 插手 chā shǒu ㄔㄚ ㄕㄡˇ caap3 sau2 to get involved in
- 插曲 chā qǔ ㄔㄚ ㄑㄩˇ caap3 kuk1 music played during a movie, play etc
- 插花 chā huā ㄔㄚ ㄏㄨㄚ caap3 faa1 flower arranging
- 内插內插 nèi chā ㄋㄟˋ ㄔㄚ noi6 caap3 to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)
Idioms with these characters
- 抽抽噎噎 chōu chou yē yē ㄔㄡ ˙ㄔㄡ ㄧㄝ ㄧㄝ cau1 cau1 jit3 jit3 (idiom) to sob and sniffle
- 抽丝剥茧抽絲剝繭 chōu sī bō jiǎn ㄔㄡ ㄙ ㄅㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇ lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
- 短中抽长短中抽長 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄔㄡ ㄔㄤˊ dyun2 zung1 cau1 coeng4 to make the best of a bad job
- 插翅难飞插翅難飛 chā chì nán fēi ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ caap3 ci3 naan4 fei1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
- 插科打诨插科打諢 chā kē dǎ hùn ㄔㄚ ㄎㄜ ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄣˋ caap3 fo1 daa2 wan6 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
- 见缝插针見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄚ ㄓㄣ gin3 fung6 caap3 zam1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
- 两肋插刀兩肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄔㄚ ㄉㄠ loeng5 lak6 caap3 dou1 lit. to take knives in both sides (idiom)
- 无心插柳無心插柳 wú xīn chā liǔ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated