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tiāo zi

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Definitions

  1. 1. carrying pole and its load

Words Containing 挑子

剃头挑子一头热
tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)

撂挑子
liào tiāo zi

(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust

Child Words of 挑子

子
zǐ

son

挑
tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole

挑
tiǎo

to raise

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