巢穴
cháo xué
Pinyin

Definition

巢穴
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cháo xué
  1. lair
  2. nest
  3. den
  4. hideout

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé
luǎn cháo
  1. 1 ovary
tài yáng xué
  1. 1 temple (on the sides of human head)
Cháo hú
  1. 1 Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui
  2. 2 Chaohu lake
cháo xué
  1. 1 lair
  2. 2 nest
  3. 3 den
  4. 4 hideout

Idioms (9)

不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
空穴来风
kōng xué lái fēng
  1. 1 lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. unfounded (story)
  3. 3 baseless (claim)