发条
fā tiáo
Pinyin

Definition

发条
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fā tiáo
  1. spring
  2. coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
恭喜发财
gōng xǐ fā cái
  1. 1 May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
条
tiáo
  1. 1 strip
  2. 2 item
  3. 3 article
  4. 4 clause (of law or treaty)
  5. 5 classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
发
fā
  1. 1 to send out
  2. 2 to show (one's feeling)
  3. 3 to issue
  4. 4 to develop
  5. 5 to make a bundle of money
  6. 6 classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发布
fā bù
  1. 1 to release
  2. 2 to issue
  3. 3 to announce
  4. 4 to distribute
  5. 5 also written 發布|发布[fā bù]
发展
fā zhǎn
  1. 1 development
  2. 2 growth
  3. 3 to develop
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 to expand
发布
fā bù
  1. 1 to release
  2. 2 to issue
  3. 3 to announce
  4. 4 to distribute
发现
fā xiàn
  1. 1 to find
  2. 2 to discover
发生
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
发表
fā biǎo
  1. 1 to issue
  2. 2 to publish
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
转发
zhuǎn fā
  1. 1 to transmit
  2. 2 to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)
  3. 3 to pass on
  4. 4 to republish (an article from another publication)
启发
qǐ fā
  1. 1 to enlighten
  2. 2 to explain (a text etc)
  3. 3 to stimulate (a mental attitude)
  4. 4 enlightenment
  5. 5 revelation
  6. 6 motivation
大润发
Dà rùn fā
  1. 1 RT Mart (supermarket chain)
大发
Dà fā
  1. 1 Daihatsu, Japanese car company
引发
yǐn fā
  1. 1 to lead to
  2. 2 to trigger
  3. 3 to initiate
  4. 4 to cause
  5. 5 to evoke (emotions)
复发
fù fā
  1. 1 to recur (of a disease)
  2. 2 to reappear
  3. 3 to relapse (into a former bad state)
愈发
yù fā
  1. 1 all the more
  2. 2 increasingly
打发
dǎ fa
  1. 1 to dispatch sb to do sth
  2. 2 to make sb leave
  3. 3 to pass (the time)
  4. 4 (old) to make arrangements
  5. 5 (old) to bestow (alms etc)
批发
pī fā
  1. 1 wholesale
  2. 2 bulk trade
  3. 3 distribution

Idioms (20)

一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一语不发
yī yǔ bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
不悱不发
bù fěi bù fā
  1. 1 a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom)
井井有条
jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
  1. 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 preemptive
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
  1. 1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
容光焕发
róng guāng huàn fā
  1. 1 face glowing (idiom); looking radiant
  2. 2 all smiles
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
引而不发
yǐn ér bù fā
  1. 1 to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action
  2. 2 to go through the motions
  3. 3 to practice
  4. 4 a trial run
闷声发大财
mēn shēng fā dà cái
  1. 1 to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
振聋发聩
zhèn lóng fā kuì
  1. 1 lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
有条不紊
yǒu tiáo bù wěn
  1. 1 regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
有条有理
yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
东窗事发
dōng chuāng shì fā
  1. 1 (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
  2. 2 to come to light
条分缕析
tiáo fēn lu:3 xī
  1. 1 to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
条条大路通罗马
tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ
  1. 1 all roads lead to Rome
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哇，太炫了！身体好像上了发条。我一辈子都没法跳成那样。
wā ，tài xuàn le ！shēntǐ hǎoxiàng shàng le fātiáo 。wǒ yībèizi dōu méifǎ tiào chéng nàyàng 。
Oh, it's too showy! It's like his body has a spring inside. I've never danced that way in my life.
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