锥 (錐)
zhuī
Pinyin

Definition

锥 (錐)
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zhuī
  1. cone
  2. awl
  3. to bore

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

圆锥
yuán zhuī
  1. 1 cone
  2. 2 conical
  3. 3 tapering
锥子
zhuī zi
  1. 1 awl
  2. 2 classifier: 把 bǎ
圆锥形
yuán zhuī xíng
  1. 1 conical
  2. 2 coniform
改锥
gǎi zhuī
  1. 1 screwdriver
  2. 2 classifier: 把 bǎ
棱锥
léng zhuī
  1. 1 pyramid (geometry)

Idioms (3)

贫无立锥
pín wú lì zhuī
  1. 1 not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
贫无立锥之地
pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì
  1. 1 not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly

Sample Sentences

从古代的“头悬梁，锥刺股”到现代的“爱拼才会赢”，都在暗示孩子们“我拿青春赌明天”。
cóng gǔdài de “tóu xuán Liáng ，zhuī cì gǔ ”dào xiàndài de “ài pīn cái huì yíng ”，dōu zài ànshì háizi men “wǒ ná qīngchūn dǔ míngtiān ”。
From the “Sword in the Stone” of the past to the modern “I fight to win”, they all imply that youth is but a bargain chip for the future.
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我知道，从之前的“凤姐”、“芙蓉姐姐”因为颠覆了大家的审美而成名，到现在的各种攀升“天王嫂”的网红，都是锥子脸的标配。
wǒ zhīdào ，cóng zhīqián de “fèngjiě ”、“fúróng jiějie ”yīnwèi diānfù le dàjiā de shěnměi ér chéngmíng ，dào xiànzài de gèzhǒng pānshēng “tiānwángsǎo ”de wǎnghóng ，dōu shì zhuīziliǎn de biāopèi 。
I know, from previous ones like Sister Feng and Sister Lotus, who got famous for subverting people's aesthetic sensibilities, to those online celebrities clambering to become "online goddesses", all with the awl-faced mark of beauty.
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