句逗
jù dòu
Pinyin

Definition

句逗
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jù dòu
  1. punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)
  2. period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号
  3. sentences and phrases

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

句
gōu
  1. 1 variant: 勾 gōu
句子
jù zi
  1. 1 sentence
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
句号
jù hào
  1. 1 full stop
  2. 2 period (punct.)
逗
dòu
  1. 1 to stay
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to tease (play with)
  4. 4 amusing
  5. 5 short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dòu])
逗闷子
dòu mèn zi
  1. 1 (dialect) to joke

Idioms (5)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
  1. 1 to speak honestly (idiom)
话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
  1. 1 when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
闭门觅句
bì mén mì jù
  1. 1 lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing