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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[qiào]
  1. 1. verb prise
    她把门开了。
    She prised the door open.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[qiào]
  1. 1. verb prize; pry
    石头
    pry (or lift) up a stone
    起箱子盖
    prize (or pry) the top off a box
    杠把锁着的门
    pry open the locked door with a crowbar
    我正在帮助一个女生箱子。
    开被锁的门。
    用锥子把钉子开。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[qiào]
  1. 1. 用棍棒等工具的一端插入缝隙中,用力挑起或拨开
    石头
    把门
    锁。

Examples

几个人一铆劲儿,就把大石头下坡去了。
With a sudden thrust, they sent the boulder rolling down the hillside. 铆劲儿
石头
pry (or lift) up a stone
你找的力点不对, 所以起来很费劲。
You have found a wrong point to inflict strength, so it needs great efforts to pry. 力点
他利用棒将车轮从泥潭里了出来。
He levered up the wheels of the car from the mire using a pinch bar. 撬棒
石头
门锁让人给了,可东西一件没少。

Character Decomposition


[shǒu]
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[cuì]

Stroke Order

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