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Character Decomposition
插=扌+臿
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to insert
stick in
pierce
to take part in
to interfere
to interpose
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Words with 插 118 total
to join a class partway through the course插班chā bānto cut in line · to jump a queue · to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)插队chā duìillustration插画chā huàto interrupt (sb speaking) · interruption · digression插话chā huàto shove in · to edge in · fig. to poke one's nose into people's business · prong插脚chā jiǎomusic played during a movie, play etc · incidental music · music played in a theatrical interlude · (fig.) incident · episode插曲chā qǔbolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) · (electrical) plug插销chā xiāoto transplant rice seedlings插秧chā yāngto squeeze in · to step in · to take part · to step between (two persons in a relationship)插足chā zúto interrupt (sb talking) · to butt in · to cut into a conversation插嘴chā zuǐsocket · outlet插座chā zuòpower strip排插pái chā(agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings扦插qiān chāto install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral) · (math.) to interpolate · interpolation内插nèi chāto extrapolate · extrapolation (math.) · (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)外插wài chāto place in a certain position · to assign to a job · to plant · resettlement (old)安插ān chāto slide in and out · thrusting抽插chōu chāto plug into · to insert · to stick in插上chā shangplug-in (software or hardware) · to plug in a component插件chā jiàninterpolation (math.)插值chā zhíto insert; to stick in; to plug in插入chā rùsocket (for an electric plug) · to interrupt (sb speaking) · to butt in插口chā kǒu(coll.) to intubate插喉chā hóuillustration插图chā tú
Idioms with 插 12 total Chain
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape插翅难飞chā chì nán fēito include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest · buffoonery插科打诨chā kē dǎ hùnlit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch见缝插针jiàn fèng chā zhēn(lit.) to take knives in both sides (idiom) · (fig.) to go to any lengths for a friend; to sacrifice oneself out of loyalty两肋插刀liǎng lèi chā dāoas poor as a church mouse · have neither a tile over one's head nor a speck of land under one's feet to stick a needle (or an awl)上无片瓦，下无插针之地shàng wú piàn wǎ，xià wú chā zhēn zhī dì
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