坎儿 (坎兒)
kǎn r5
Pinyin

Definition

坎儿 (坎兒)
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kǎn r5
  1. critical juncture
  2. key moment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

坎坷
kǎn kě
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 rough (of life)
  3. 3 to be down on one's luck
  4. 4 to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
坎
kǎn
  1. 1 pit
  2. 2 threshold
  3. 3 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water
  4. 4 ☵
坎儿
kǎn r
  1. 1 critical juncture
  2. 2 key moment
心坎
xīn kǎn
  1. 1 bottom of one's heart
赤坎
Chì kǎn
  1. 1 Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市[Zhàn jiāng shì], Guangdong

Idioms (1)

坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

Sample Sentences

哈哈，这句话真是说到我的心坎儿里了！这篇报导我绝对会好好替你们写的！
hāhā ，zhè jù huà zhēn shì shuōdàowǒ dexīnkǎnr lǐ le ！zhè piān bàodǎo wǒ juéduì huì hǎohāo tì nǐmen xiě de ！
Ha ha, you took the words right out of my mouth! I'll make sure and write this article well for you!
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一眨眼都七年啦！那确实要送个特别有纪念意义的。我想想啊，情侣对戒吧！俗话说“七年之痒”，是一个坎儿。送对戒的话，提醒他你们的爱情还要像新婚时一样甜蜜。
yī zhǎyǎn dōu qī nián la ！nà quèshí yào sòng gè tèbié yǒu jìniàn yìyì de 。wǒ xiǎng xiǎng a ，qínglǚ duìjiè ba ！súhuà shuō “qīniánzhīyǎng ”，shì yī gè kǎnr 。sòng duìjiè dehuà ，tíxǐng tā nǐmen de àiqíng hái yào xiàng xīnhūn shí yīyàng tiánmì 。
Seven years in the blink of an eye! Then you really need to give something especially commemorative. Let me think, how about his and hers matching rings? There's a saying "The seven-year itch" is a threshold. If you give matching rings it will remind him that your love is still as sweet as when you were newly married.
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