客套
kè tào
Pinyin

Definition

客套
 - 
kè tào
  1. polite greeting
  2. civilities
  3. to exchange pleasantries

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
kè hù
  1. 1 client
  2. 2 customer
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog

Idioms (6)

反客为主
fǎn kè wéi zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
  1. 1 sb of literary abilities (idiom)
宾客盈门
bīn kè yíng mén
  1. 1 guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors