尖刻
jiān kè
Pinyin

Definition

尖刻
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jiān kè
  1. caustic
  2. biting
  3. piquant
  4. acerbic
  5. vitriolic
  6. acrimonious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刻
kè
  1. 1 quarter (hour)
  2. 2 moment
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to engrave
  5. 5 to cut
  6. 6 oppressive
  7. 7 classifier for short time intervals
时刻
shí kè
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 juncture
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period of time
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],段[duàn]
  6. 6 constantly
  7. 7 always
此刻
cǐ kè
  1. 1 this moment
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
立刻
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once
铭刻
míng kè
  1. 1 a carved inscription
刻意
kè yì
  1. 1 meticulous
  2. 2 painstaking
  3. 3 deliberate
刻板
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
刻苦
kè kǔ
  1. 1 hardworking
  2. 2 assiduous
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
刻骨
kè gǔ
  1. 1 ingrained
  2. 2 entrenched
  3. 3 deep-rooted
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
即刻
jí kè
  1. 1 immediately
  2. 2 instant
  3. 3 instantly
尖
jiān
  1. 1 point (of needle)
  2. 2 sharp
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 pointed
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
尖椒
jiān jiāo
  1. 1 chili pepper
尖锐
jiān ruì
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 penetrating
  4. 4 pointed
  5. 5 acute (illness)
指尖
zhǐ jiān
  1. 1 fingertips
时时刻刻
shí shí kè kè
  1. 1 at all times
深刻
shēn kè
  1. 1 profound
  2. 2 deep
  3. 3 deep-going
无时无刻
wú shí wú kè
  1. 1 all the time
  2. 2 incessantly

Idioms (10)

刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
  1. 1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something
  3. 3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
精雕细刻
jīng diāo xì kè
  1. 1 lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
铭心刻骨
míng xīn kè gǔ
  1. 1 engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
  2. 2 undying gratitude
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs

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