翘 qiào outstanding
outstanding; to stick up; to tilt
怎么记住“翘”: 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage + 羽 feather = outstanding. In the school play, Leo plays a legendary ancient emperor-sage with a huge golden feather on his crown, and everyone agrees he is outstanding.
部件结构
翘 = 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage + 羽 feather
- 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- 羽 feather
In the school play, Leo plays a legendary ancient emperor-sage with a huge golden feather on his crown, and everyone agrees he is outstanding.
用法
- Core sense: to stick up / tilt up at one end - 翘起尾巴 (qiào qǐ wěiba) to cock its tail, 翘二郎腿 (qiào èrlángtuǐ) to cross one's legs, 翘首以待 (qiáoshǒu yǐ dài) to crane the neck waiting eagerly.
- Colloquial 翘课 (qiào kè) = to skip class. Has a second reading qiáo in the literary 翘楚 (qiáochǔ) an outstanding figure - that's where the "outstanding" gloss comes from.