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HSK 3 - Medium
8 strokes
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

刮 (颳)

guā

Definition

to blow (of the wind)
to scrape
to shave
to plunder
to extort

Character Decomposition

Related words (18)

scratch (wound); scratch (damage to an object)

spatula; scraper

scraper; trowel; putty knife

to scrape off; to shave off (whiskers etc); (of the wind) to blow sth away

gua sha (technique in TCM)

to shave one's face

to scrape one's car against sth; to sideswipe

scraper

(to be) windy

lottery scratchcard

peeler; potato peeler

razor

to shave

guā mù xiāng dài

see 刮目相看

guā mù xiāng kàn

to be impressed; to have a whole new level of respect for somebody (or something); to have a completely new apparaisal of someone; to sit up and take notice (of somebody's improved performance...); to hold a person in high esteem; to look at somebody with new eyes; to see someone in a different light

to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry

windshield wiper

(coll.) a slap on one's face; a cuff

Idioms (1)

sōu cháng guā dù

to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution

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