高亢
gāo kàng
Pinyin

Definition

高亢
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gāo kàng
  1. high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc)
  2. high-spirited
  3. fever-pitched (atmosphere)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不卑不亢
bù bēi bù kàng
  1. 1 neither servile nor overbearing (idiom)
  2. 2 neither obsequious nor supercilious
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己,高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress