戛
jiá
Pinyin

Definition

戛
 - 
jiá
  1. lance
  2. to tap
  3. to scrape
  4. to chirp
  5. custom
戛
 - 
jiá
  1. variant of 戛[jiá]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

戛然而止
jiá rán ér zhǐ
  1. 1 with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
戛纳
Jiá nà
  1. 1 Cannes (France)
戛戛
jiá jiá
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 original
戛然
jiá rán
  1. 1 (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound)
  2. 2 to be loud and clear

Idioms (1)

戛然而止
jiá rán ér zhǐ
  1. 1 with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)

Sample Sentences

对啊，他是台湾之光啊，话说这次导演的《聂隐娘》也让他获得了戛纳电影节的最佳导演奖呢！
duìa ，tā shì Táiwān zhī guāng ā ，huà shuō zhècì dǎoyǎn de 《Niè yǐnniáng 》yě ràng tā huòdé le gānà diànyǐngjié de zuìjiā dǎoyǎn jiǎng ne ！
Yes, he's one of the brightest talents from Taiwan. That reminds me, he won the Best Director prize at Cannes for The Assassin.
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