坎肩
kǎn jiān
Pinyin

Definition

坎肩
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kǎn jiān
  1. sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
  2. Chinese waistcoat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
肩
jiān
  1. 1 shoulder
  2. 2 to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
肩膀
jiān bǎng
  1. 1 shoulder
并肩
bìng jiān
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 shoulder to shoulder
  3. 3 side by side
  4. 4 abreast
单肩包
dān jiān bāo
  1. 1 shoulder bag

Idioms (3)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng
  1. 1 potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)