口彩
kǒu cǎi
Pinyin

Definition

口彩
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kǒu cǎi
  1. complimentary remarks
  2. well-wishing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你不懂,我们卫生间正对着大门,这很不好的。我想做个架子养些发财鱼,一来可以化解一下,二来可以讨个口彩。
nǐ bù dǒng ,wǒmen wèishēngjiān zhèng duì zhe dàmén ,zhè hěn bù hǎo de 。wǒ xiǎng zuò ge jiàzi yǎng xiē fācáiyú ,yī lái kěyǐ huàjiě yīxià ,èr lái kěyǐ tǎo ge kǒucǎi 。
You don't understand. Our bathroom is directly opposite the main door. That's not a good thing. I think we should put in a shelf and raise some lucky fish. First of all, it will ease up the feng shui, and second of all, they'll make the place more auspicious.
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