公筷
gōng kuài
Pinyin

Definition

公筷
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gōng kuài
  1. serving chopsticks

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 classifier: 辆 liàng
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
gōng yuán
  1. 1 park (for public recreation)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò

Idioms (20)

假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless

Sample Sentences

嫌不卫生用公筷呀,菜还是都在桌上好,热热闹闹的,大家可以相互夹菜。
xián bù wèishēng yòng gōngkuài ya ,cài háishi dōu zài zhuō shàng hǎo ,rèrènàonào de ,dàjiā kěyǐ xiānghù jiācài 。
Well use serving chopsticks if you dislike the unhygienic aspect. To have all the food on the table is more fun.......
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上次我和同事聚餐,都用公筷夹菜,结果我吃着吃着,发现自己居然在用公筷吃饭了!
shàngcì wǒ hé tóngshì jùcān ,dōu yòng gōngkuài jiācài ,jiéguǒ wǒ chī zhe chī zhe ,fāxiàn zìjǐ jūrán zài yòng gōngkuài chīfàn le !
The last time I dined with my colleagues, we used serving chopsticks to pick up the food to our plates. In the end I kept eating and found myself using the serving chopsticks instead!
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