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索

suǒ

Definition

to search
to demand
to ask
to exact
(large) rope
cable
chord
chain
all alone
isolated
all by oneself
dull
insipid

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

suck

chain; wire

Related words (63)

to ask a price; to charge; asking price

to ask; to demand

to demand sb's life

cable tie; plastic strap

index

you might as well (do it); simply; just

to seek; to demand

dull; dry

trembling

to ask for; to request; to demand

to seek an answer; to look for an explanation; to explain; explanation

to demand; to claim

(old) to ask for recompense (for personal services rendered)

to exact bribes; to solicit bribes; to demand bribes; to extort

to ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages

ropeway

suǒ jù zhuāng zhì

rig

suǒ rán guǎ wèi

dull and insipid

suǒ rán wú wèi

dull; insipid

to blackmail; to extort

rope tackle hanging from a mast; crow foot (system of ropes through tackle to hold up an awning)

a lasso; noose

to think deeply; to ponder

peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword); also written 比索

to explore; quest; to probe

to inquire into; to ascertain

to search (a place); to search (a database etc)

to retrieve (data); to look up; retrieval; search

peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)

to search for sth; to seek; to quest; to explore

to search for subtle traces; to ponder

(literary) desolate and lonely

trail; clues; thread (of a story)

a noose for hanging criminals

rope

cable; hawser; mooring rope

notochord (anatomy)

bleak; desolate; melancholy

tightrope walking

axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)

to demand payment; to extort; to trace; to seek; to pursue; to explore

blackmail

shēng suǒ guó

claimant country (in a territorial dispute)

lancelet (Branchiostoma)

a fuse (for explosive)

xuán suǒ qiáo

suspension bridge

tàn suǒ xìng

exploratory

sōu suǒ piào

search warrant (Tw)

shén jīng suǒ

nerve cord

shéng suǒ tào

a noose

sān suǒ jǐn shé

copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake

bù jiā sī suǒ

see 不假思索

rén ròu sōu suǒ

human flesh search; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang); see 人肉搜索引擎

quán wén jiǎn suǒ

full text search

tài kōng tàn suǒ

space exploration

tuō qiān suǒ dào

anchor lift (ski-lift)

sōu suǒ yǐn qíng

search engine; Internet search engine

jià kōng suǒ dào

aerial ropeway; cable car

huá xuě suǒ dào

ski-lift

zòng shén jīng suǒ

longitudinal nerve cord

lǎn suǒ diào yǐ

ski-lift

jǐ suǒ dòng wù

chordata

人肉搜索引擎

rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng

human flesh search engine; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)

Idioms (7)

bù jiǎ sī suǒ

to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly; to fire from the hip

míng sī kǔ suǒ

to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)

àn tú suǒ jì

(lit.) looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); (fig.) to do things along rigid, conventional lines; to try and find sth with the help of a clue

sōu suǒ kū cháng

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

qiāo zhà lè suǒ

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

zǎo gòu suǒ cī

to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault; to nitpick

fèi rén sī suǒ

to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

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