坎肩
kǎn jiān
Pinyin

Definition

坎肩
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kǎn jiān
  1. sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
  2. Chinese waistcoat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坎坷
kǎn kě
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 rough (of life)
  3. 3 to be down on one's luck
  4. 4 to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
肩
jiān
  1. 1 shoulder
  2. 2 to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
肩膀
jiān bǎng
  1. 1 shoulder
并肩
bìng jiān
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 shoulder to shoulder
  3. 3 side by side
  4. 4 abreast
单肩包
dān jiān bāo
  1. 1 shoulder bag
坎
kǎn
  1. 1 pit
  2. 2 threshold
  3. 3 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water
  4. 4 ☵
坎儿
kǎn r5
  1. 1 critical juncture
  2. 2 key moment
垫肩
diàn jiān
  1. 1 shoulder pad
心坎
xīn kǎn
  1. 1 bottom of one's heart
披肩
pī jiān
  1. 1 cape
  2. 2 shawl
  3. 3 (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
擦肩而过
cā jiān ér guò
  1. 1 brief encounter
  2. 2 to brush past sb
肩并肩
jiān bìng jiān
  1. 1 shoulder to shoulder
  2. 2 abreast
  3. 3 side by side
肩周炎
jiān zhōu yán
  1. 1 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
肩带
jiān dài
  1. 1 shoulder strap
  2. 2 shoulder harness
  3. 3 shoulder belt
  4. 4 baldric
  5. 5 CL:條|条[tiáo]
肩章
jiān zhāng
  1. 1 epaulet
  2. 2 shoulder loop
  3. 3 shoulder mark
肩负
jiān fù
  1. 1 to shoulder (a burden)
  2. 2 to bear
  3. 3 to suffer (a disadvantage)
肩头
jiān tóu
  1. 1 on one's shoulders
  2. 2 (dialect) shoulder
双肩包
shuāng jiān bāo
  1. 1 backpack
坎坎
kǎn kǎn
  1. 1 (dialect) just now
坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

Idioms (3)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

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