少刻
shǎo kè
Pinyin

Definition

少刻
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shǎo kè
  1. a short while
  2. soon

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刻
kè
  1. 1 quarter (hour)
  2. 2 moment
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to engrave
  5. 5 to cut
  6. 6 oppressive
  7. 7 classifier for short time intervals
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
刻意
kè yì
  1. 1 meticulous
  2. 2 painstaking
  3. 3 deliberate
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
即刻
jí kè
  1. 1 immediately
  2. 2 instant
  3. 3 instantly
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
时刻
shí kè
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 juncture
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period of time
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],段[duàn]
  6. 6 constantly
  7. 7 always
时时刻刻
shí shí kè kè
  1. 1 at all times
此刻
cǐ kè
  1. 1 this moment
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
深刻
shēn kè
  1. 1 profound
  2. 2 deep
  3. 3 deep-going
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower

Idioms (20)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
刻苦耐劳
kè kǔ nài láo
  1. 1 to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering
  2. 2 hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
  1. 1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something
  3. 3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great.
  2. 2 Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom)
精雕细刻
jīng diāo xì kè
  1. 1 lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

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