WordTaiwan frequency #28,538
節骨眼
ㄐㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
“critical moment; crucial point; juncture”
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節
ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Joint or segment of a plant stem or animal bone; section or paragraph; moral integrity or principles; classifier for lessons or train cars; seasonal festival or solar term.
骨
ㄍㄨˇ
Bone; skeleton; the hard framework of an animal's body; a supporting structure; character; spirit; backbone.
眼
ㄧㄢˇ
Eye; a look or glance; a hole or opening; classifier for wells; a key point or salient feature; a vacant spot in Go.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 眼睛ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥeye; the organ of sight in humans and animals
- 節目ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄨˋTV or radio program; show; an item or segment in a performance; a scheduled activity or event.
- 眼前ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore one's eyes; in front of someone; at present; now
- 細節ㄒㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊdetails; small specific points or particulars; minor or trivial matters.
- 春節ㄔㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊSpring Festival; Chinese New Year holiday period; traditionally the start of spring, now the lunar New Year.
- 眼神ㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄕㄣexpression or emotion shown in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 情節ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊplot or storyline of a story; sequence of events; circumstances or details of a situation; (archaic) moral integrity or personal conduct
- 眼光ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤgaze; eyesight; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things; ability to judge or appreciate
- 季節ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊseason; a period of the year marked by particular weather, activities, or conditions.
- 眼淚ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋtear; a drop of liquid from the eye produced by emotion or irritation; teardrop
- 眼鏡ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋeyeglasses; spectacles; glasses worn to correct vision or protect eyes from light or wind
- 節奏ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄡˋrhythm; tempo; musical pulse; beat; cadence; a regular pattern of strong and weak or long and short beats; figuratively, a regular or orderly progression or pace of events