干渴 (乾渴)
gān kě
Pinyin

Definition

干渴 (乾渴)
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gān kě
  1. parched
  2. dry mouth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

kě wàng
  1. 1 to thirst for
  2. 2 to long for
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799
kǒu kě
  1. 1 thirsty
  1. 1 thirsty

Idioms (9)

充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
  1. 1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to console oneself with illusions