恰 qià
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 合 to combine, to join, to unite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
恰到好处
qiàdàohǎochù
perfectly appropriate; just right
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
处 chù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这道菜的咸淡恰到好处，大家吃得很满意。 Zhè dào cài de xiándàn qiàdàohǎochù, dàjiā chī de hěn mǎnyì. This dish is seasoned just right, and everyone was very satisfied with it.
- 导游的讲解恰到好处，不长也不短，游客听得入神。 Dǎoyóu de jiǎngjiě qiàdàohǎochù, bù cháng yě bù duǎn, yóukè tīng de rùshén. The guide's explanation was just right, neither too long nor too short, and the tourists listened with fascination.
- 水温恰到好处，泡出来的茶特别香。 Shuǐwēn qiàdàohǎochù, pào chūlái de chá tèbié xiāng. The water temperature is just right, so the tea brewed from it is especially fragrant.
Related words
- 恰当 qiàdàng appropriate
- 恰好 qiàhǎo just right, exactly
- 恰恰 qiàqià just, exactly
- 恰巧 qiàqiǎo by chance; as it happens
- 恰如其分 qiàrúqífèn proper; fitting; to the right degree
- 到 dào to arrive, to reach; to
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 回到 huídào to return to
- 看到 kàndào to see
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 听到 tīngdào to hear
- 找到 zhǎodào to find