克
to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
刻
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
克
Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
克
variant of 克[ke4]; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
可
can; may; able to; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
嗑
to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
坷
uneven (path); unfortunate (in life)
客
customer; visitor; guest
峇
cave; cavern; also pr. [ke1]
搕
to strike; to take in the hand
柯
tree branch; stem; ax handle
棵
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
牁
(used in place names); Taiwan pr. [ge1]
磕
to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
科
branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
课
subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
锞
grease-pot for cart; ingot
颏
(used in bird names) throat
颗
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
克什克腾
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
克什克腾旗
Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
克制
to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control
克勒
Keller or Köhler (name); Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010
克劳修斯
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888)
克劳福德
Crawford (town in Texas)
克勤克俭
to be industrious and frugal (idiom)
克基拉岛
Corfu (Greek: Kerkira), island in the Ionian sea
克娄巴特拉
Cleopatra (name); Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC), the last Egyptian pharaoh
克孜勒苏
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
克孜勒苏地区
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州
Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
克孜勒苏河
Qizilsu or Kizilsu River in Xinjiang
克孜尔千佛洞
Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克孜尔尕哈
Kizilgaha (Uighur: red-mouthed crow or border sentry), site of famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克孜尔尕哈烽火台
Kizilgaha fire beacon tower in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
克山
Keshan county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
克山县
Keshan county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
克己复礼
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations)
克拉
carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉夫丘克
Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
克拉斯诺达尔
Krasnodar (city in Russia)
克拉斯金诺
Kraskino town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, close to the North Korean border
克拉玛依
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
克拉玛依区
Karamay district (Uighur: Qaramay Rayoni) of Qaramay City, Xinjiang
克拉玛依市
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
克日
to set a date; to set a time frame; within a certain time limit
克服
(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
克朗
krone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword)
克朗代克
Klondike in northwest Canada
克期
to set a date; to set a time frame; within a certain time limit
克东
Kedong county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
克东县
Kedong county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
克林姆酱
pastry cream; crème pâtissière
克林德
Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, German minister killed during the Boxer uprising
克林顿
Clinton (name); Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001; Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
克格勃
KGB (Soviet secret police)
克尔白
Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
克绍箕裘
to follow in one's father's footsteps
克罗地亚共和国
Republic of Croatia
克罗诺斯
Chronos, Greek God and cannibalistic child abuser, father of Zeus
克耶族
Kaya or Karenni ethnic group of Myanmar
克莉奥佩特拉
Cleopatra (c. 70-30 BC), queen of Egypt
克莱因
Klein or Kline (name); Felix Klein (1849-1925), German mathematician
克莱蒙特
Clermont (French town)
克莱顿
Clayton (name); Crighton (name)
克苏鲁
Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
克西
xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)
克赖斯特彻奇
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
克里斯托弗
(Warren) Christopher
克里斯汀·贝尔
Christian Bale (1974-), English actor
克里斯蒂娃
Julia Kristeva (1941-), Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, philosopher and literary critic
克里斯蒂安
Kristian or Christian (name)
克里斯蒂安松
Kristiansund (city in Norway)
克里普斯
Cripps (name); Sir Stafford Cripps (1889-1952), UK socialist politician
克里木
Crimea; the Crimean peninsula
克里木半岛
Crimea; the Crimean peninsula
克里木战争
the Crimean War (1853-1856)
克雅氏症
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD
克霉唑
clotrimazole (antifungal agent)
刻不容缓
to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
刻剥
to grab money; to exploit
刻印
to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression
刻度
marked scale; graduated scale
刻度盘
dial (e.g. of a radio etc)
刻意
meticulous; painstaking; deliberate
刻意求工
assiduous and painstaking
刻意为之
to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately
刻板
stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing
刻版
engraved blocks (for printing)
刻丝
variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]
刻舟求剑
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
刻苦努力
assiduous; taking great pains
刻苦学习
to study hard; assiduous
刻苦耐劳
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
刻薄
unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions
刻薄寡恩
harsh and merciless (idiom)
刻录
to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc
刻骨
ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted
刻骨相思
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable
刻鹄类鹜
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
克己
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
克己奉公
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
克扣
to dock; to deduct; to embezzle
克星
nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched
可一而不可再
may be done once and once only; just this once
可不是
that's just the way it is; exactly!
可人
pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person
可以
can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
可以意会,不可言传
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可供军用
having possible military application
可信度
degree of credibility; reliability
可伦坡
Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka (Tw)
可儿
a person after one's heart (charming person); capable person
可共患难
to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
可分
can be divided (into parts); one can distinguish (several types)
可加
(botany) coca (loanword)
可劲
vigorously; to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
可劲儿
erhua variant of 可勁|可劲[ke3 jin4]
可取
acceptable; desirable; worth having
可取之处
positive point; merit; redeeming quality
可口可乐公司
The Coca-Cola Company
可可托海
Keketuohai town in Fuyun county 富蘊縣|富蕴县[Fu4 yun4 xian4], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang
可可托海镇
Keketuohai town in Fuyun county 富蘊縣|富蕴县[Fu4 yun4 xian4], Altay prefecture, Xinjiang
可可西里
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
可喜
making one happy; gratifying; heartening
可喜可贺
worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
可圈可点
remarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise
可执行
executable (computing)
可堪
how can one endure?; to be able to endure
可塞
xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)
可好
good or not?; luckily; fortuitously
可寻址
addressable (computing); accessible via an address
可导
differentiable (calculus)
可展曲面
(math.) a developable surface
可心
satisfying; to one's liking; to suit sb
可心如意
see 稱心如意|称心如意[chen4 xin1 ru2 yi4]
可念
pitiable; likable; memorable
可怕
awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
可怪
strange; curious; surprising
可耻
shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
可惜
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
可恶
repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable
可恼
aggravating; irritating
可想而知
it is obvious that...; as one can well imagine...
可怜
pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
可怜虫
pitiful creature; wretch
可怜见
(coll.) pitiable; to have pity on sb
可持续发展
sustainable development
可采
(mining) recoverable; workable
可采性
(mining) workability (of deposits of coal, ore etc)
可控硅
(electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
可掬
that one can grasp (of smile, anger); palpable; fig. sincere
可操作的艺术
the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
可擦写可编程只读存储器
EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
可扩展标记语言
extensible markup language (XML)
可数名词
countable noun (in grammar of European languages)
可数集
countable set (math.); denumerable set
可是
but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
可有可无
not essential; dispensable
可望
can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
可望取胜者
favorite (to win a race or championship); well-placed contestant
可望有成
can be expected to be a success
可望而不可即
in sight but unattainable (idiom); inaccessible; also written 可望而不可及[ke3 wang4 er2 bu4 ke3 ji2]
可望而不可及
in sight but unattainable (idiom); inaccessible
可乐
amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola
可乐定
clonidine (drug) (loanword)
可欺
gullible; easily bullied; weak
可歌可泣
lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad; inspiring and tragic
可气
annoying; irritating; exasperating
可决
to adopt; to pass; to vote approval (of a law etc)
可决率
proportion needed to approve a decision
可燃性
flammable; flammability
可知
evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable
可知论
gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
可磁化体
magnetic medium; material capable of being magnetized
可移植
portable (programming language)
可移植性
portability (programming language)
可结合性
associativity (xy)z = x(yz) (math.)
可能
might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
可能性
possibility; probability
可兰经
Quran (Islamic scripture)
可蠢
(dialect) unbearable; embarrassing
可见
it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
可见光
visible light; light in optical spectrum
可观
considerable; impressive; significant
可解
soluble (i.e. can be solved)
可变渗透性模型
Varying Permeability Model (VPM), (used to calculate decompression schedules in diving)
可贵
to be treasured; praiseworthy
可转让
transferable; negotiable
可转让证券
negotiable securities
可逆
reversible; (math.) invertible
可通
passable; possible to reach
可通约
commensurable; having a common measure
可遇不可求
can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously
可选择丢弃
discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE
可采性
(law) admissibility (of evidence in court)
可体
well-fitting (of clothes)
咳嗽
to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
咳痰
to cough up phlegm; to expectorate
嗑药
to take (illegal) drugs
坷垃
(dialect) clod (of earth)
客串
to appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance; (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties; to substitute for
客人
visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
客堂
room to meet guests; parlor
客场
away-game arena; away-game venue
客套
polite greeting; courtesy (in words)
客套话
conventional greeting; polite formula
客官
(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
客家
Hakka ethnic group (Han Chinese migrants from north to south China)
客家语
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
客居
to live in a foreign place; to live somewhere as a guest
客座教授
visiting professor; guest professor
客厅
drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room; CL:間|间[jian1]
客户服务
customer service; client service
客户服务器结构
client server architecture
客户服务部
customer service division
客户机服务器环境
client-server environment
客梯
passenger elevator; passenger lift
客栈
tavern; guest house; inn; hotel
客死
to die in a foreign land; to die abroad
客气
polite; courteous; formal; modest
客气话
words of politeness; politesse; decorous talking; talk with propriety
客满
to have a full house; to be sold out; no vacancy
客蚤属
Xenopsylla (the flea genus)
客西马尼园
Garden of Gethsemane
客西马尼花园
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
客观世界
the objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
客观主义
objectivist philosophy
客观唯心主义
objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)
客车
coach; bus; passenger train
客运
passenger traffic; (Tw) intercity bus
客运量
amount of passenger traffic
客饭
cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors; set meal
岢岚
Kelan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
岢岚县
Kelan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
恪守
to scrupulously abide by
恪遵
to scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc)
柯P
Professor Ko, nickname for Ko Wen-je 柯文哲[Ke1 Wen2 zhe2]
柯南·道尔
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯
柯坪
Kelpin nahiyisi (Kelpin county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
柯坪县
Kelpin nahiyisi (Kelpin county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
柯城
Kecheng district of Quzhou city 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
柯城区
Kecheng district of Quzhou city 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang
柯密
Kermit (communications protocol)
柯文哲
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
柯林顿
(Tw) Clinton (name); Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, president 1993-2001; Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
柯棣华
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War
柯尔克孜
Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang
柯尔克孜族
Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang
柯萨奇病毒
Coxsachie A intestinal virus
柯西
Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
柯达
Kodak (brand, US film company); full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yi1 shi4 man4 Ke1 da2 Gong1 si1]
柯那克里
Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)
柯邵忞
Ke Shaomin (1850-1933), modern historian, author of New history of the Yuan dynasty 新元史
渴不可耐
to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
渴望
to thirst for; to long for
渴求
to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
溘先朝露
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
珂罗版
collotype (printing) (loanword)
瞌睡
drowsy; to doze; to nap
砢碜
ugly; unsightly; shabby; to humiliate; to ridicule
磕碰
to knock against; to bump into; to have a disagreement; to clash
磕磕巴巴
stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently
磕磕绊绊
bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person)
磕头
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
磕头如捣蒜
lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom); fig. to pound the ground with one's head
科什图尼察
Kostunica; Vojislav Kostunica (1944-), Serbian politician, prime minister from 2004
科企
science & technology and industry; tech company
科佩尔
Koper (port city of Slovenia)
科伦坡
Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
科利奥兰纳斯
Coriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
科卿
Cochin (in south India)
科右中旗
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
科右前旗
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
科名
rank obtained in the imperial examinations; scholarly honors
科奈
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
科学
science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
科学家
scientist; CL:個|个[ge4]
科学实验
scientific experiment
科学技术
science and technology
科学技术是第一生产力
Science and technology is the number one productive force (from 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 introducing the Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化).
科学技术现代化
modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
科学普及
popular science; popularization of science
科学界
world of science; scientific circles
科学发展观
Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CPC attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CPC in 2007
科学种田
scientific crop planting; scientific farming
科学管理
scientific management
科学编辑
science editor (of a publication)
科学院
academy of sciences; CL:個|个[ge4]
科室
department; administrative division; unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
科尼赛克
Koenigsegg (car manufacturer)
科布多
Qobto or Kobdo, khanate of outer Mongolia
科幻
science fiction; abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3]
科幻小说
science fiction novel
科幻电影
science fiction movie
科托努
Cotonou (city in Benin)
科技人员
scientific and technical staff
科技大学
university of science and technology
科技工作者
worker in science and technology
科技惊悚
techno-thriller (novel); science fiction thriller
科技惊悚小说
techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
科教
science education; popular science
科教片
science education film; popular science movie
科教兴国
to invigorate the country through science and education
科斗
tadpole; also written 蝌蚪[ke1 dou3]
科普
popular science; popularization of science; abbr. of 科學普及|科学普及
科普特人
the Copts, major ethnoreligious group of Egyptian Christians
科普特语
Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts 科普特人[Ke1 pu3 te4 ren2], spoken in Egypt until late 17th century
科林·弗思
Colin Firth, English actor (1960-)
科林斯
Corinth (city of ancient Greece)
科比
Kobe Bryant; abbr. for 科比·布莱恩特[Ke1 bi3 · Bu4 lai2 en1 te4]
科比·布莱恩特
Kobe Bryant (1978-), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
科泽科德
old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India; now called 卡利卡特
科尔
Kohl (name); Helmut Kohl (1930-), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
科尔沁
Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer; Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
科尔沁区
Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
科尔沁右翼中旗
Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
科尔沁右翼前旗
Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
科尔沁左翼中
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
科尔沁左翼中旗
Horqin Left Middle banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Dund khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
科尔沁左翼后
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
科尔沁左翼后旗
Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
科特布斯
Cottbus (city in Germany)
科特迪瓦
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
科特迪瓦共和国
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
科盲
person who is ignorant about science and technology; scientific illiteracy
科研人员
(scientific) researcher
科研小组
a scientific research group
科纳克里
Conakry, capital of Guinea
科级
(administrative) section-level
科罗拉多大峡谷
the Grand Canyon (Colorado)
科考
preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
科考队
scientific exploration team; expedition
科举制
imperial examination system
科举考试
imperial examinations (in former times)
科茨沃尔德
the Cotswolds (England)
科莫多龙
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
科西嘉岛
Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)
科迪勒拉
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
科迪勒拉山系
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
科长
section chief; CL:個|个[ge4]
科隆
Cologne, Germany or Colon, Panama
窠臼
stereotypical pattern; rut
缂丝
kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design
苛刻
harsh; severe; demanding
苛性钠
caustic soda; sodium hydroxide NaOH
苛性钾
caustic potash; potassium hydroxide KOH
苛捐杂税
exorbitant taxation (idiom)
苛政猛于虎
tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)
苛责
to criticize harshly; to excoriate
蝌蚪
tadpole; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
课堂
classroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
课外读物
extracurricular reading material
课程
course; academic program; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2]
课长
section chief (of an administrative unit); head (of a department)
课间
interval between lessons
课间操
setting-up exercises during the break (between classes)
课余
after school; extracurricular
颗粒
kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product)
颗粒无收
not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
颗粒物
particulate matter (PM)