拧开 (擰開)
nǐng kāi
Pinyin
Definition
拧开 (擰開)
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- to unscrew
- to twist off (a lid)
- to turn on (a faucet)
- to switch on (by turning a knob)
- to turn (a door handle)
- to wrench apart
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to open
- 2 to show (a ticket)
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to switch on
- 1 to open
- 2 to start
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to boil
- 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- 6 to operate (a vehicle)
- 7 carat (gold)
- 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
- 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
- 1 to feel happy
- 2 to rejoice
- 3 to have a great time
- 4 to make fun of sb
- 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
- 2 to open for business
Idioms (20)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
- 1 One key opens one lock.
- 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
- 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
- 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
- 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
- 2 to break fresh ground
哪壶不开提哪壶
- 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
- 2 to talk about sb's weak point