诀窍 (juéqiào): knack

Measure Word

一个诀窍 gè

Xué Zhōngwén yǒu shénme juéqiào ma?

Are there any tricks to learning Chinese?

Zuò cài de juéqiào zàiyú huǒhòu.

The secret to cooking lies in the heat control.

memory

诀 (secret/formula) + 窍 (aperture/key point) = the key opening to a secret method.

诀 jué

窍 qiào