诀 jué
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
诀窍
juéqiào
knack; trick; secret of doing something
Characters in this word
窍 qiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 提高口译速度的诀窍不在于背词，而在于预判信息结构。 Tígāo kǒuyì sùdù de juéqiào bù zàiyú bèi cí, ér zàiyú yùpàn xìnxī jiégòu. The knack of improving interpreting speed lies not in memorising words, but in anticipating the structure of information.
- 做好这道菜的诀窍是火要小，时间要长。 Zuò hǎo zhè dào cài de juéqiào shì huǒ yào xiǎo, shíjiān yào cháng. The knack for making this dish well is a low flame and a long time.
- 他教我骑自行车时，告诉了我保持平衡的诀窍。 Tā jiāo wǒ qí zìxíngchē shí, gàosu le wǒ bǎochí pínghéng de juéqiào. When he taught me to ride a bike, he told me the trick to keeping my balance.
Related words
- 秘诀 mìjué secret; key; trick
- 窍门 qiàomén knack; trick; secret of doing something
- 举一反三 jǔyīfǎnsān to draw inferences from one example
- 汲取 jíqǔ to draw; to absorb; to learn from
- 领会 lǐnghuì to understand; to grasp
- 计 jì to count; to calculate; plan
- 切记 qièjì to remember firmly; to keep in mind
- 考查 kǎochá to examine; to check
- 刻苦 kèkǔ hard-working; assiduous
- 浅显 qiǎnxiǎn simple and clear; easy to understand
- 求学 qiúxué to study; to seek education
- 生疏 shēngshū unfamiliar; rusty; out of practice