Keyword
to attract
- to hook
- to join
- to connect
- to entice
- Frequency
- #2040
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
gōu
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Used in vocabulary
勾结
to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
勾引
to seduce; to tempt
勾
to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude
勾当
shady business
勾勒
to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of
勾搭
to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to
勾起
to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook
勾画
to sketch out; to delineate
一笔勾销
to write off at one stroke
勾拳
hook (punch in boxing)
勾心斗角
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
勾兑
to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)
勾选
to select (one or more options from a list); to check (a box)
勾践
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
勾肩搭背
(idiom) arms around each other's shoulders
勾连
to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection; involvement; collusion
勾股定理
Pythagorean theorem
勾魂
to take away sb's soul; (fig.) to captivate; to enchant
勾销
to write off; to cancel
直勾勾
(of one's gaze) fixed; staring
勾通
to collude with; to conspire
勾栏
brothel; theater; carved balustrade
勾芡
to thicken with cornstarch
打勾
to check; to tick; (old) to buy