开交 (開交)
kāi jiāo
Pinyin

Definition

开交 (開交)
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kāi jiāo
  1. (used with negative) to conclude
  2. (impossible) to end
  3. (can't) finish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交
jiāo
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to deliver
  3. 3 to pay (money)
  4. 4 to turn over
  5. 5 to make friends
  6. 6 to intersect (lines)
  7. 7 variant: 跤 jiāo
交友
jiāo yǒu
  1. 1 to make friends
交往
jiāo wǎng
  1. 1 to associate (with)
  2. 2 to have contact (with)
  3. 3 to hang out (with)
  4. 4 to date
  5. 5 (interpersonal) relationship
  6. 6 association
  7. 7 contact
交易
jiāo yì
  1. 1 (business) transaction
  2. 2 business deal
  3. 3 classifier: 笔 bǐ
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)

Idioms (20)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])

Sample Sentences

规模四级的有感地震，各地陆续传出灾情，建筑物倒塌、人员受伤，救护人员忙得不可开交，目前伤亡人数还在统计中，请锁定本台新闻，将持续为您报导最新的情况
guīmó sì jí de yǒu gǎn dìzhèn ，gèdì lùxù to give off zāiqíng ，jiànzhùwù dǎotā 、rényuán shòushāng ，jiùhùrényuán máng de bùkěkāijiāo ，mùqián shāngwáng rénshù háizài tǒngjì zhōng ，qǐng suǒdìng běn tái xīnwén ，jiāng chíxù wèi nín bàodǎo zuìxīn de qíngkuàng
... it felt like a magnitude 4 earthquake, there are reports on the disaster from all over coming in, including roof collapses and injuries. The rescue workers are totally overwhelmed. We are still totting up the injury and death count. Please stick here for all the latest news on the situation...
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