窦 (竇)
dòu
Pinyin

Definition

窦 (竇)
 - 
dòu
  1. hole
  2. aperture
  3. (anatomy) cavity
  4. sinus
窦 (竇)
 - 
Dòu
  1. surname Dou

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

情窦
qíng dòu
  1. 1 (lit.) love aperture
  2. 2 (fig.) interest in love matters
鼻窦炎
bí dòu yán
  1. 1 sinusitis
利玛窦
Lì Mǎ dòu
  1. 1 Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
狗窦
gǒu dòu
  1. 1 dog hole
  2. 2 gap caused by missing teeth
  3. 3 fig. den of thieves
窦
Dòu
  1. 1 surname Dou

Idioms (5)

情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
狗窦大开
gǒu dòu dà kāi
  1. 1 dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
筚门闺窦
bì mén guī dòu
  1. 1 wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
  2. 2 living in poverty
荜门圭窦
bì mén guī dòu
  1. 1 wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
  2. 2 living in poverty
闭门塞窦
bì mén sè dòu
  1. 1 to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense

Sample Sentences

孙中山，蒋介石，还有利玛窦。哦，不对，利玛窦是外国人。第三个是......太平天国的洪秀全。
Sūn Zhōngshān ，Jiǎng Jièshí ，háiyǒu Lìmǎdòu 。ò ，bù duì ，Lìmǎdòu shì wàiguórén 。dì sān ge shì ......Tàipíngtiānguó de Hóng Xiùquán 。
Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kaishek, and Matteo Ricci. Oh wait, that's wrong, Matteo Ricci was a foreigner. The third is...Hong Xiuquan from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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可以说，遇见她，给我枯燥的大三生活增添了许多活力和憧憬。寝室的室友知道后也一直说我撞桃花，情窦初开了。转眼间，到了第四个周末。
kěyǐ shuō ，yùjiàn tā ，gěi wǒ kūzào de dàsān shēnghuó zēngtiān le xǔduō huólì hé chōngjǐng 。qǐnshì de shìyǒu zhīdào hòu yě yīzhí shuō wǒ zhuàng táohuā ，qíngdòuchūkāi le 。zhuǎnyǎnjiān ，dào le dì sì ge zhōumò 。
You could say, meeting her put a little life into my dull, third-year student existence and gave me something to look forward to. After my rommates found out, they kept saying I'd finally gotten some good luck and that I was really starting to notice the girls. Then, in the blink of an eye, the fourth weekend arrived.
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