犄角
jī jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

犄角
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jī jiǎo
  1. horn

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主角
zhǔ jué
  1. 1 leading role
  2. 2 lead
角
Jué
  1. 1 surname Jue
角度
jiǎo dù
  1. 1 angle
  2. 2 point of view
角色
jué sè
  1. 1 role
  2. 2 character in a novel
  3. 3 persona
  4. 4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]
角落
jiǎo luò
  1. 1 nook
  2. 2 corner

Idioms (12)

初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
  1. 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
崭露头角
zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies

Sample Sentences

你连这都不知道啊？他们是麒麟和人共生的后代，头上都长着犄角。为了能永生，他们在死前把身体冷冻起来，将来再解冻，重获新生。
nǐ lián zhè dōu bù zhīdào a ？tāmen shì qílín hé rén gòngshēng de hòudài ，tóu shàng dōu zhǎng zhe jījiǎo 。wèile néng yǒngshēng ，tāmen zài sǐ qián bǎ shēntǐ lěngdòng qǐlai ，jiānglái zài jiědòng ，chónghuò xīnshēng 。
You don't even know this? They're the result of symbiosis between humans and Kirin. They have a horn on their forehead. To live forever, they freeze their bodies before they die. When they're thawed in the future, they get to live again!
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