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qiào
noun #17,417

Meanings

  1. 1 hole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
  2. 2 (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

Examples

他一窍不通。
Tā yī qiào bù tōng.
He doesn't understand a thing.
你得找到窍门才行。
Nǐ děi zhǎodào qiàomén cái xíng.
You need to find the knack to make it work.

Tips

memory
七窍 (qī qiào) refers to the 7 openings in the head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth. The idiom 一窍不通 means 'not even one opening is clear' — totally clueless.

Stroke Order

窍 qiào