刮掉
guā diào
Pinyin

Definition

刮掉
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guā diào
  1. to scrape off
  2. to shave off (whiskers etc)
  3. (of the wind) to blow sth away

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

guā
  1. 1 to scrape
  2. 2 to blow
  3. 3 to shave
  4. 4 to plunder
  5. 5 to extort
diào
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to lag behind
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to go missing
  6. 6 to reduce
  7. 7 fall (in prices)
  8. 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9 to wag
  10. 10 to swing
  11. 11 to turn
  12. 12 to change
  13. 13 to exchange
  14. 14 to swap
  15. 15 to show off
  16. 16 to shed (hair)
  17. 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away
shān diào
  1. 1 to delete
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim

Idioms (5)

天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù
  1. 1 to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution