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to take the bait
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark
to make a pinky promise
hook
HSK 7-9
fishhook
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
stroke in Chinese characters
iron hook at the end a long pole
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钩* | 钩* | *钩
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
HSK 7-9
fishhook
barb / (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick
to crochet
aquiline nose / Roman nose
stroke in Chinese characters
(of sth sharp) to snag (one's stockings etc)
tapeworm (Taenia solium)
window hook / window latch
to crochet
(bird species of China) black-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)
(bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
(boxing) hook
to explore / to investigate / to audit (accounts, books etc)
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
heartbreak grass (Gelsemium elegans)
(dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound
a hook / to make contact with sb
beef tapeworm
crochet hook / crochet needle
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
shackle (U-shaped link)
iron hook
(bird species of China) large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
(dialect) to leave unfinished business
hook
to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
(bird species of China) black-streaked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox)
clothes hook
(bird species of China) streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)
suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
leptospirosis
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
erhua form of 釣鉤|钓钩
steelyard hook
(bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
clothes hook
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钩* | 钩* | *钩
variant of 鉤|钩
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
erhua variant of 掛鉤|挂钩
erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩
erhua variant of 上鉤|上钩
variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
variant of 鉤稽|钩稽
erhua variant of 衣鉤|衣钩
(bird species of China) large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩
erhua variant of 鉤|钩


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