跳棋
tiào qí
Pinyin

Definition

跳棋
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tiào qí
  1. Chinese checkers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xīn tiào
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 pulse
tiào
  1. 1 to jump
  2. 2 to hop
  3. 3 to skip over
  4. 4 to bounce
  5. 5 to palpitate
tiào wǔ
  1. 1 to dance
xià qí
  1. 1 to play chess
wǔ zǐ qí
  1. 1 five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
  2. 2 Japanese: gomoku
  3. 3 gobang
fó tiào qiáng
  1. 1 lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
wéi qí
  1. 1 the game of Go
tán tiào
  1. 1 to bounce
  2. 2 to jump
  3. 3 to leap
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
  1. 1 variant of 棋[qí]
qí zǐ
  1. 1 chess piece
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
jǔ qí bù dìng
  1. 1 to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
  2. 2 to shilly-shally
xiàng qí
  1. 1 Chinese chess
  2. 2 CL:副[fù]
tiào sǎn
  1. 1 to parachute
  2. 2 to bail out
  3. 3 parachute jumping
tiào chū
  1. 1 to jump out
  2. 2 fig. to appear suddenly
tiào dòng
  1. 1 to throb
  2. 2 to pulse
  3. 3 to bounce
  4. 4 to jiggle
  5. 5 to jump about
tiào cáo
  1. 1 to change jobs
  2. 2 job-hopping
tiào lóu
  1. 1 to jump from a building (to kill oneself)
  2. 2 fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
tiào shuǐ
  1. 1 to dive (into water)
  2. 2 (sports) diving
  3. 3 to commit suicide by jumping into water
  4. 4 (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically

Idioms (12)

心怦怦跳
xīn pēng pēng tiào
  1. 1 The heart thumps wildly. (idiom)
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
棋高一着
qí gāo yī zhāo
  1. 1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
  2. 2 to outsmart one's opponent
欢蹦乱跳
huān bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 glowing with health and vivacity (idiom)
活蹦乱跳
huó bèng luàn tiào
  1. 1 to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively
  2. 2 healthy and active
狗急跳墙
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
  1. 1 a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
  2. 2 to be driven to desperate action
举棋不定
jǔ qí bù dìng
  1. 1 to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
  2. 2 to shilly-shally
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
  1. 1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
  1. 1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
鸡飞狗跳
jī fēi gǒu tiào
  1. 1 lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in chaos
  3. 3 in disarray
鲤鱼跳龙门
lǐ yú tiào lóng mén
  1. 1 to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)
  2. 2 to get one's big break

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