诀窍 (juéqiào): knack

Measure Word

一个诀窍 gè

学中文有什么诀窍吗？

Xué Zhōngwén yǒu shénme juéqiào ma?

Are there any tricks to learning Chinese?

做菜的诀窍在于火候。

Zuòcài 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