插 chā
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 臿 to separate the grain from the husk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
插曲
chāqǔ
episode; interlude; minor incident
Characters in this word
曲 qǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 发布会上的技术故障只是一个小插曲，并未影响整体效果。 Fābùhuì shàng de jìshù gùzhàng zhǐ shì yí ge xiǎo chāqǔ, bìng wèi yǐngxiǎng zhěngtǐ xiàoguǒ. The technical fault at the press conference was only a minor incident and did not affect the overall result.
- 旅行中的这个小插曲，让我们笑了一路。 Lǚxíng zhōng de zhège xiǎo chāqǔ, ràng wǒmen xiào le yílù. This little incident on the trip kept us laughing all the way.
- 音乐会的中间有一段轻松的插曲。 Yīnyuèhuì de zhōngjiān yǒu yí duàn qīngsōng de chāqǔ. There is a light interlude in the middle of the concert.
Related words
- 插 chā to insert; to plug in
- 插座 chāzuò socket, outlet
- 插手 chāshǒu to interfere; to intervene
- 插图 chātú illustration
- 插嘴 chāzuǐ to interrupt; to butt in
- 歌曲 gēqǔ song
- 曲 qǔ song, tune
- 弯曲 wānqū curved
- 戏曲 xìqǔ traditional opera
- 乐曲 yuèqǔ musical composition
- 扭曲 niǔqū to distort; to twist
- 曲线 qūxiàn curve; curved line; indirect approach