cháo
Pinyin

Definition

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cháo
  1. imperial or royal court
  2. government
  3. dynasty
  4. reign of a sovereign or emperor
  5. court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor
  6. to make a pilgrimage to
  7. facing
  8. towards
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zhāo
  1. morning
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Cháo
  1. abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

cháo
  1. 1 tide
  2. 2 current
  3. 3 damp
  4. 4 moist
  5. 5 humid
cháo
  1. 1 to ridicule
  2. 2 to mock
zhāo
  1. 1 see also: 嘲哳
  2. 2 (onom.) twitter
  3. 3 twittering sound

Related Words (20)

jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
Tiān cháo
  1. 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
  2. 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
Cháo yáng
  1. 1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
  2. 2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
  3. 3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
  4. 4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
Cháo xiǎn
  1. 1 North Korea
  2. 2 Korea as geographic term
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can

Sample Sentences

语毕,女孩儿转过身,朝着大门走了进去。但,大门一直是关着的,自始至终没有开过!可秦宇他是亲眼看见女孩儿从关着的大门穿过去消失的!
yv3bì ,nǚháiēr zhuàn guò shēn ,cháozhe dàmén zǒu le jìnqù 。dàn ,dàmén yīzhí shì guān zhe de ,zìshǐzhìzhōng méiyǒu kāi guò !kě QínYǔ tā shì qīnyǎn kànjiàn nǚháiēr cóng guān zhe de dàmén chuān guòqù xiāoshī de !
After that, the girl turned around and walked through the door. But the door had been closed right from the start! Yet QinYu saw with his own eyes that the girl walked through the door and disappeared.
中文中的“望梅止渴”和“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳”也是相同的概念。
Zhōngwén zhōng de “wàngméizhǐkě ”hé “yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng ”yě shì xiāngtóng de gàiniàn 。
In Chinese, "To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums" and "Once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope." have the same concept as well.
我言秋日胜春朝。
wǒ yán qiūrì shèng chūnzhāo 。
继新零售超市无人便利店在京落地后国内首个无人智慧面包坊近日在朝阳门亮相
jì Xīn língshòu chāoshì wúrén biànlìdiàn zài Jīng luòdì hòu guónèi shǒugè wúrén zhìhuì miànbāo Fāng jìnrì zài Cháoyángmén liàngxiàng
...following the introduction of new retail supermarkets, unmanned self service convenience stores have emerged in Beijing. And yet another first of its kind “unmanned” smart bakery store has made a public appearance in Chaoyang.
诗经》与《左传》中都有冬月藏冰的记载,朝廷中有专门的官吏负责每年寒冬时凿取冰块存放在“冰室”或“冰井”里,等到盛夏时节再取出。
Shījīng 》yǔ 《ZuǒZhuàn 》zhōng dōu yǒu Dōngyuè cáng bīng de jìzǎi ,cháotíng zhōng yǒu zhuānmén de guānlì fùzé měinián hándōng shí záoqǔ bīngkuài cúnfàng zài “bīngshì ”huò “bīngjǐng ”lǐ ,děngdào shèngxià shíjié zài qǔchū 。
There are records of winter ice in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. A special official in the court is responsible for picking up ice cubes during the winter and storing them in the "ice room" or "ice well” for use in the summer.
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这不是我最爱的汝窑瓷吗?汝窑瓷的颜色如美玉一般,安静、典雅,家里有几个仿宋朝汝窑瓷的茶杯,我家人都爱不释手呢!
zhè búshi wǒ zuì ài de rǔyáo cí ma ?rǔyáo cí de yánsè rú měiyù yībān ,ānjìng 、diǎnyǎ ,jiālǐ yǒu jǐge fǎng Sòngcháo rǔyáo cí de chábēi ,wǒ jiārén dōu àibùshìshǒu ne !
Isn't this my favourite, Ru Ware pottery? The colors of Ru Ware pottery are similar to jade, quiet, elegant. I've got a few faux Song Dynasty Ru Ware teacups, and my family really love them!
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对对对,你就像那唐朝贵妃,可是真真儿的美人儿呢,现在这都是什么审美啊?什么A4腰啊,苹果4腿的,再这么折腾下去干脆饿死得了,一了百了。
duìduìduì ,nǐ jiù xiàng nà Tángcháo guìfēi ,kěshì zhēn zhēnr de měirénr ne ,xiànzài zhè dōu shì shénme shěnměi ā ?shénme À yāo ā ,píngguǒ 4 tuǐ de ,zài zhème zhēteng xiàqu gāncuì è sǐ dé le ,yīliǎobǎiliǎo 。
Yes, yes. You're like a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine, a real beauty. What kind of aesthetic is there around nowadays? With the waist only as wide as an A4 sheet of paper, and legs as thin as the iPhone 4. If we keep on torturing each other like this, we may as well just starve to death and be done with it.
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没错!哪像那什么汉朝的赵飞燕,模样长得倒也俊俏,可瘦得跟皮包骨似的,病怏怏儿的可怜人儿居然还号称美人!
méicuò !nǎ xiàng nà shénme hàncháo de Zhào Fēiyàn ,múyàng zhǎng de dào yě jùnqiào ,kě shòu de gēn píbāogǔ shìde ,bìngyàngyàngr de kěliánrénr jūrán hái hàochēng měirén !
That's right! It's like Zhan Feiyan from the Han Dynasty, attractive and intelligent looking, but a sickly piteous bag of skin and bones can still be called a beauty!
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今朝有酒今朝醉,别说这么多了,先干了这杯吧。
jīnzhāoyǒujiǔjīnzhāozuì ,bié shuō zhème duō le ,xiān gān le zhè bēi ba 。
Live life and enjoy the moment. Let’s not talk further and toast to this drink.
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相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
xiāngchuán yī qiān duō nián qián zài Zhōngguó Jìncháo yǒu wèi jiàozuò YuèGuǎng de rén ,jiāoyóu guǎngkuò ,tèbié xǐhuan yànqǐng péngyou dào jiā zhōng hējiǔ liáotiān 。yǒu yīcì ,zài yànxí shàng ,YuèGuǎng de yī wèi péngyou zài jìngjiǔ shí ,kànjiàn bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zài jiǔ lǐ rúdòng ,zhè wèi péngyou suīrán bǎoshòu jīngxià ,dàn àiyú miànzi ,bùdébù miǎnqiǎng jiāng jiǔ yīyǐnérjìn 。huíjiā zhīhòu ,lǎo juéde zìjǐ dùzi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zuàn lái zuàn qù ,Yuè xiǎng Yuè nánshòu ,jìngrán yīncǐ bìngdǎo le !
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!