巢 cháo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 巛 — stream, river
- Made of
- 巛 stream, river 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
巢穴
cháoxué
nest; lair; den
Characters in this word
穴 xué
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 调查人员在废弃厂房内发现诈骗团伙的临时巢穴。 Diàochá rényuán zài fèiqì chǎngfáng nèi fāxiàn zhàpiàn tuánhuǒ de línshí cháoxué. Investigators found the fraud gang's temporary hideout inside an abandoned factory building.
- 老鹰把巢穴建在悬崖的石缝里。 Lǎoyīng bǎ cháoxué jiàn zài xuányá de shífèng lǐ. The eagle built its nest in a crack in the cliff.
- 蚂蚁的巢穴被大雨灌满了水，它们只好搬家。 Mǎyǐ de cháoxué bèi dàyǔ guàn mǎn le shuǐ, tāmen zhǐhǎo bānjiā. The ants' nest was flooded by heavy rain, so they had to move.
Related words
- 鸟巢 niǎocháo bird’s nest
- 洞穴 dòngxué cave; cavern
- 穴位 xuéwèi acupuncture point
- 雌性 cíxìng female; female sex
- 大雁 dàyàn wild goose
- 粪 fèn faeces; manure
- 害虫 hàichóng pest; harmful insect
- 捕获 bǔhuò to capture; to catch; to acquire
- 苍蝇 cāngying fly
- 捕食 bǔshí to prey on; to hunt for food
- 豹 bào leopard
- 打猎 dǎliè to hunt