Entry
哪nǎ壶hú不bù开kāi提tí哪nǎ壶hú

  1. lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's weak point

    trad. 哪壺不開提哪壺

Also written 哪壺不開提哪壺【nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú】

Characters in this word

5
开
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Pinyin
kāi
Traditional
開
Strokes
4
Frequency
467 of 2500
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