秘 mì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
秘诀
mìjué
secret; key; trick
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 提升谈判效果的秘诀，不在于强硬，而在于精准把握对方的底线。 Tíshēng tánpàn xiàoguǒ de mìjué, bú zài yú qiángyìng, ér zài yú jīngzhǔn bǎwò duìfāng de dǐxiàn. The key to improving negotiation results lies not in being forceful, but in accurately grasping the other side's bottom line.
- 他长寿的秘诀就是每天散步、早睡早起。 Tā chángshòu de mìjué jiù shì měitiān sànbù, zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ. The secret of his long life is walking every day and going to bed and rising early.
- 学好语言的秘诀只有一个，就是每天坚持练习。 Xuéhǎo yǔyán de mìjué zhǐyǒu yí ge, jiù shì měitiān jiānchí liànxí. There is only one key to learning a language well, and that is practising every day.
Related words
- 秘密 mìmì secret
- 秘书 mìshū secretary
- 神秘 shénmì mysterious
- 奥秘 àomì mystery; secret
- 秘方 mìfāng secret recipe; secret formula
- 诀窍 juéqiào knack; trick; secret of doing something
- 摸索 mōsuǒ to explore; grope for; find through trial and error
- 见效 jiànxiào to take effect; to produce results
- 试探 shìtan to test; to probe
- 平息 píngxī to subside; to calm; to settle
- 企图 qǐtú to attempt; to try; attempt; intention
- 清除 qīngchú to clear away; to remove; to eliminate