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抽噎
chōu yē
Pinyin
Definition
抽噎
-
chōu yē
to sob
Character Decomposition
抽
扌
二
丨
凵
噎
口
士
冖
豆
Related Words
(20)
抽
chōu
1
to draw out
2
to pull out from in between
3
to remove part of the whole
4
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
5
to whip or thrash
抽取
chōu qǔ
1
to extract
2
to remove
3
to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
抽屉
chōu ti
1
drawer
抽烟
chōu yān
1
to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
抽奖
chōu jiǎng
1
to draw a prize
2
a lottery
3
a raffle
抽空
chōu kòng
1
to find the time to do sth
抽筋
chōu jīn
1
cramp
2
charley horse
3
to pull a tendon
抽风
chōu fēng
1
to ventilate
2
to induce a draft
3
spasm
4
convulsion
老抽
lǎo chōu
1
dark soy sauce
哽噎
gěng yē
1
to choke on one's food
2
to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak
噎
yē
1
to choke (on)
2
to choke up
3
to suffocate
噎住
yē zhù
1
to choke (on)
2
to choke off (in speech)
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
1
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
2
to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
找抽
zhǎo chōu
1
(coll.) to look for trouble
抽出
chōu chū
1
to take out
2
to extract
抽动
chōu dòng
1
to twitch
2
to throb
3
a spasm
4
to extract and use
抽动症
chōu dòng zhèng
1
Tourette syndrome
抽噎
chōu yē
1
to sob
抽打
chōu dǎ
1
to whip
2
to flog
3
to thrash
抽插
chōu chā
1
to slide in and out
2
thrusting
Idioms
(4)
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
1
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
2
to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
1
lit. to spin silk from cocoons
2
fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
1
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
1
to make the best of a bad job
2
to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
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