渴
kě
Pinyin

Definition

渴
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kě
  1. thirsty

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

渴望
kě wàng
  1. 1 to thirst for
  2. 2 to long for
口渴
kǒu kě
  1. 1 thirsty
渴
kě
  1. 1 thirsty
干渴
gān kě
  1. 1 parched
  2. 2 dry mouth
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth

Idioms (6)

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
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
临渴掘井
lín kě jué jǐng
  1. 1 lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
  2. 2 to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
临渴穿井
lín kě chuān jǐng
  1. 1 lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
  2. 2 to act when it is too late

Sample Sentences

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.
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只可惜现在还是NBA的休赛期，都没有正式比赛看，无聊了只能去翻翻上赛季比赛的录像，望梅止渴一下。
zhǐ kěxī xiànzài háishì NBA de xiūsàiqī ，dōu méiyǒu zhèngshì bǐsài kàn ，wúliáo le zhǐnéng qù fānfān shàng sàijì bǐsài de lùxiàng ，wàngméizhǐkě yīxià 。
It's just a pity that it is the NBA off-season and there's no official games to watch, so when bored, one can only look through recordings of matches from the previous season, to stem the hunger.
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能不能别总在那儿一本正经地胡说八道，说点有用的，我自问也是挺努力上进的人，明明知道这辈子要出人头地应该是没指望了，可是内心却还是有点儿小悸动渴望着功成名就呀。
néngbùnéng bié zǒng zài nàr yīběnzhèngjing de húshuōbādào ，shuō diǎnr yǒuyòngde ，wǒ zì wèn yě shì tǐng nǔlì shàngjìn de rén ，míngmíng míng zhīdào zhèbèizi yào chūréntóudì yīnggāi shì méi zhǐwàng le ，kěshì nèixīn què háishì yǒudiǎnr xiǎo jìdòng kěwàng zhe gōngchéngmíngjiù ya 。
Can you not with the deadpan nonsense? Say something useful. Asking questions of myself is also me trying my best to improve myself. Although I'm clear in the knowledge that in this lifetime I've got no hope of standing out, inside I still have hunger for success and fame.
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这还真是新鲜，喝水不是再简单不过的事儿了，觉得渴了就喝呗，哪有那么多可绞尽脑汁费尽心机的？
zhè hái zhēn shì xīnxiān ，hēshuǐ bùshì zài jiǎndān bùguò de shìr le ，juéde kě le jiù hē bēi ，nǎyǒu nàme duō kě jiǎojìnnǎozhī fèijìnxīnjī de ？
That's new to me. Isn't drinking water one of the simplest things? If you're thirsty you drink, no? Why do you need to spend effort thinking about it?
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非也非也，事实上，当你感觉到口渴的时候其实身体内部早已缺水严重，一般人都不重视，殊不知很多常见疾病都与体内缺水息息相关。
fēi yě fēi yě ，shìshíshàng ，dāng nǐ gǎnjué dào kǒukě de shíhou qíshí shēntǐ nèibù zǎoyǐ quēshuǐ yánzhòng ，yībānrén dōu bù zhòngshì ，shūbùzhī hěn duō chángjiàn jíbìng dōu yǔ tǐnèi quēshuǐ xīxīxiāngguān 。
No, no, in fact, when you feel thirsty it's actually at times when your body is already seriously dehydrated. Normally people don't take it seriously, but little do they know that many commonly-seen illnesses are all closely related to the body lacking water.
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呵！这真是蛮严重的呢，那喝水的时间有什么特别需要讲究的吗？如果不是口渴了才喝水那得是什么时候喝呢？
hē ！zhè zhēn shì mán yánzhòng de ne ，nà hēshuǐ de shíjiān yǒu shénme tèbié xūyào jiǎngjiu de ma ？rúguǒ bùshì kǒukě le cái hēshuǐ nà děi shì shénme shíhou hē ne ？
Huh! That's really serious. So is there anything one should know about the times you drink water? If you shouldn't just drink water when you feel thirsty, then when should you drink water?
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口渴了得喝水，当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水，我们还要主动地来补水，比如清早起床后喝杯温开水，有助于稀释血液，帮助肝肾代谢，排除体内废物，养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ，dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ，wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ，bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ，yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ，bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ，páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ，yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
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这件事儿倒是简单易行。对了老赵，我常常和朋友一起打球，打完球以后就渴得不行，那个时候可以大量补充水分吗？
zhè jiàn shìr dàoshì jiǎndān yì xíng 。duìle Lǎo Zhào ，wǒ chángcháng hé péngyou yīqǐ dǎqiú ，dǎwán qiú yǐhòu jiù kě de bùxíng ，nàge shíhou kěyǐ dàliàng bǔchōng shuǐfèn ma ？
That really is quite simple. Oh yes, Lao Zhao, I often play ball with friends, when we finish playing I'm always incredibly thirsty. Can I make up my water intake by a large amount then?
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对呀！不错吧！诶，我渴了，你那边还有水吗？
duìya ！bùcuò ba ！èi ，wǒ kě le ，nǐ nàbiān háiyǒu shuǐ ma ？
Yes! Great! Agh, I'm thirsty, have you got any water left there?
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我不太饿。但是我很渴。
wǒ bù tài è 。dànshì wǒ hěn kě 。
I am not that hungry. But I am very thirsty.
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