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可作
kě zuò
Pinyin
Definition
可作
-
kě zuò
can be used for
Related Words
(20)
可
kě
1
can
2
may
3
able to
4
to approve
5
to permit
6
to suit
7
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
8
very
可以
kě yǐ
1
can
2
may
3
possible
4
able to
5
not bad
6
pretty good
可惜
kě xī
1
it is a pity
2
what a pity
3
unfortunately
可爱
kě ài
1
adorable
2
cute
3
lovely
可是
kě shì
1
but
2
however
3
(used for emphasis) indeed
可能
kě néng
1
might (happen)
2
possible
3
probable
4
possibility
5
probability
6
maybe
7
perhaps
8
CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
1
to work
2
(of a machine) to operate
3
job
4
work
5
task
6
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作
zuō
1
worker
2
workshop
3
(slang) troublesome
4
high-maintenance (person)
作出
zuò chū
1
to put out
2
to come up with
3
to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4
to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5
to draw (conclusion)
6
to deliver (speech, judgment)
7
to devise (explanation)
8
to extract
作品
zuò pǐn
1
work (of art)
2
opus
3
CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作孽
zuò niè
1
to sin
作家
zuò jiā
1
author
2
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
1
to practice fraud
2
to cheat
3
to engage in corrupt practices
作息
zuò xī
1
to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
1
combat
2
to fight
作文
zuò wén
1
to write an essay
2
composition (student essay)
3
CL:篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
1
school assignment
2
homework
3
work
4
task
5
operation
6
CL:個|个[gè]
7
to operate
作为
zuò wéi
1
one's conduct
2
deed
3
activity
4
accomplishment
5
achievement
6
to act as
7
as (in the capacity of)
8
qua
9
to view as
10
to look upon (sth as)
11
to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
1
to act on
2
to affect
3
action
4
function
5
activity
6
impact
7
result
8
effect
9
purpose
10
intent
11
to play a role
12
corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
13
CL:個|个[gè]
作者
zuò zhě
1
author
2
writer
3
CL:個|个[gè]
Idioms
(20)
一蹴可几
yī cù kě jǐ
1
to succeed at the first try (idiom)
2
easy as pie
3
one can do it at once
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
1
inexpressible (idiom)
2
beyond description
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
1
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
2
incomparable
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
1
inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
2
unfathomable
不可抗拒
bù kě kàng jù
1
act of God
2
force majeure (law)
3
irresistible (idiom)
不可枚举
bù kě méi jǔ
1
innumerable (idiom)
不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
1
to be impervious to reason (idiom)
2
unreasonable
不可端倪
bù kě duān ní
1
impossible to get even an outline (idiom)
2
unfathomable
3
not a clue
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
1
inexpressible (idiom)
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
1
to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
1
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
2
you can't judge a book by its cover
3
often in combination 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
1
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人言可畏
rén yán kě wèi
1
gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
1
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2
to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
1
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
1
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2
hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
1
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2
fig. to head off in various directions
3
to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
1
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2
work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
1
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
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