巢穴
cháo xué
Pinyin

Definition

巢穴
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cháo xué
  1. lair
  2. nest
  3. den
  4. hideout

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

雀巢
Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé
卵巢
luǎn cháo
  1. 1 ovary
太阳穴
tài yáng xué
  1. 1 temple (on the sides of human head)
巢湖
Cháo hú
  1. 1 Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui
  2. 2 Chaohu lake
巢穴
cháo xué
  1. 1 lair
  2. 2 nest
  3. 3 den
  4. 4 hideout
死穴
sǐ xué
  1. 1 lethal point (acupuncture)
  2. 2 vulnerable spot
  3. 3 Achilles' heel
洞穴
dòng xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavern
穴
xué
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 cavity
  3. 3 hole
  4. 4 acupuncture point
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [xuè]
穴位
xué wèi
  1. 1 acupuncture point
空巢
kōng cháo
  1. 1 empty nest
  2. 2 a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)
香巢
xiāng cháo
  1. 1 a love nest
  2. 2 a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
鸟巢
niǎo cháo
  1. 1 bird's nest
  2. 2 nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
点穴
diǎn xué
  1. 1 to hit a pressure point (martial arts)
  2. 2 dim mak
  3. 3 see also 點脈|点脉[diǎn mài]
俞穴
shù xué
  1. 1 acupuncture point
倾巢
qīng cháo
  1. 1 lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us)
  2. 2 a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)
墓穴
mù xué
  1. 1 tomb
  2. 2 grave
巢
Cháo
  1. 1 surname Chao
巢湖市
Cháo hú shì
  1. 1 Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui
挖穴
wā xué
  1. 1 to excavate
  2. 2 to dig out a cave

Idioms (9)

不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)
空穴来风未必无因
kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn
  1. 1 wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
  2. 2 there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn
  1. 1 the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
  2. 2 to reap where one has not sown

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