龟壳
guī ké
Pinyin

Definition

龟壳
 - 
guī ké
  1. tortoise shell

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外壳
wài ké
  1. 1 envelope
  2. 2 outer shell
  3. 3 hull
  4. 4 cover
  5. 5 case
壳
qiào
  1. 1 shell
  2. 2 carapace
  3. 3 crust (earth's crust etc)
  4. 4 also pr. [ké]
乌龟
wū guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 cuckold
脑壳
nǎo ké
  1. 1 skull
  2. 2 (fig.) brain (mental capacity)
贝壳
bèi ké
  1. 1 shell
  2. 2 conch
  3. 3 cowry
  4. 4 mother of pearl
  5. 5 hard outer skin
  6. 6 also pr. [bèi qiào]
地壳
dì qiào
  1. 1 the Earth's crust
屎壳郎
shǐ ké làng
  1. 1 see 屎蚵螂[shǐ kē láng]
机壳
jī qiào
  1. 1 case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
壳儿
ké r5
  1. 1 shell
  2. 2 crust
海龟
hǎi guī
  1. 1 turtle
  2. 2 Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hǎi guī]
甲壳虫
Jiǎ qiào chóng
  1. 1 the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
脱壳
tuō ké
  1. 1 to break out of an eggshell
  2. 2 to molt
  3. 3 to remove the husk
  4. 4 to shell
蛋壳
dàn ké
  1. 1 eggshell
躯壳
qū qiào
  1. 1 the body (housing the soul)
龟
guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 turtle
龟儿子
guī ér zi
  1. 1 (coll.) bastard
  2. 2 son of a bitch
龟壳
guī ké
  1. 1 tortoise shell
龟毛
guī máo
  1. 1 (Tw) (coll.) indecisive
  2. 2 fussy
  3. 3 nitpicking
  4. 4 (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
龟缩
guī suō
  1. 1 to withdraw
  2. 2 to hole up
龟苓膏
guī líng gāo
  1. 1 turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
  2. 2 a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert

Idioms (3)

老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
金蝉脱壳
jīn chán tuō qiào
  1. 1 lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
  2. 2 a crafty escape plan
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
  1. 1 lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the pot calling the kettle black

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