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Character Decomposition
收=丩+攵
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
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Words with 收 437 total
to check for receipt of (an email, an enclosed item in a letter etc) (typically used in the polite imperative, e.g. after qǐng)查收chá shōureception (of transmitted signal) · to receive · to accept · to admit · to take over (e.g. a factory) · to expropriate接收jiē shōu(of a courier) to pick up; to collect (parcels or goods for shipping)揽收lǎn shōu(agriculture) to have no harvest (due to flooding, diseases etc)绝收jué shōuto confiscate; to seize没收mò shōucrop failure · poor harvest歉收qiàn shōufall harvest · to reap秋收qiū shōunet receipts · real income实收shí shōuto retreat · to withdraw troops · to recall troops · fig. to finish work · to wind up · to call it a day · used with negatives: the task is far from over收兵shōu bīngto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark · a collection收藏shōu cángto receive for storage · delivery of goods · to gather and store · to store safely · safe keeping收存shōu cúnto receive and send · to receive and transmit收发shōu fāto take as a concubine收房shōu fángto charge a fee收费shōu fèito subdue · to force to capitulate · to reduce to submission · to soothe收服shōu fú
Idioms with 收 52 total Chain
(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless不可收拾bù kě shōu shito work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted · half-baked草草收兵cǎo cǎo shōu bīngto work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted · half-baked草率收兵cǎo shuài shōu bīngspilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) · it's no use crying over spilt milk · what's done is done and can't be reversed · the damage is done · once divorced, there's no reuniting覆水难收fù shuǐ nán shōu
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