巢

cháo

ch+áo·2nd tone

nest

Radical: 巛 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Less common

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Character Decomposition

巢=巛+果

Etymology

A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木

Meanings

nest

cháo

surname Chao

Cháo

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Words with 巢 121 total

lair · nest · den · hideout巢穴cháo xué ovary卵巢luǎn cháo bird's nest · nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium鸟巢niǎo cháo ant nest蚁巢yǐ cháo to nest营巢yíng cháo nest窝巢wō cháo a love nest · a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)香巢xiāng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) · a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)倾巢qīng cháo

Idioms with 巢 44 total Chain

lit. the nest is destroyed and the eggs are broken (idiom) · fig. when the head of a family suffers misfortune, the children are implicated巢毁卵破cháo huǐ luǎn pò lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact · no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)覆巢无完卵fù cháo wú wán luǎn

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