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guàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to pierce through
  2. 2. to pass through
  3. 3. to be stringed together
  4. 4. string of 1000 cash

Words Containing 贯

鱼贯而入
yú guàn ér rù

to walk in in a line

局部连贯性
jú bù lián guàn xìng

local coherence

气贯长虹
qì guàn cháng hóng

spirit reaches to the rainbow

横贯
héng guàn

horizontal traverse

贯注
guàn zhù

to concentrate

贯彻始终
guàn chè shǐ zhōng

to follow through

贯通
guàn tōng

to link up

满贯
mǎn guàn

to win every trick in a card game

连贯
lián guàn

to link up (disparate elements)

恶贯满盈
è guàn mǎn yíng

lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil

鱼贯
yú guàn

one after the other

贯彻
guàn chè

to implement

一贯
yī guàn

consistent

贯串
guàn chuàn

to pierce through

如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr

lit. like thunder piercing the ear

乡贯
xiāng guàn

one's native place

贯穿
guàn chuān

to run through

融会贯通
róng huì guàn tōng

to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas

腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn

lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money

全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù

to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)

家赀万贯
jiā zī wàn guàn

immensely rich

旧贯
jiù guàn

former rules

鱼贯而出
yú guàn ér chū

to file out; to walk out in a line

大满贯
dà mǎn guàn

grand slam

贯气
guàn qì

(feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves

贯连
guàn lián

to link up

万贯
wàn guàn

ten thousand strings of cash

万贯家财
wàn guàn jiā cái

vast wealth

籍贯
jí guàn

one's native place

罗贯中
luó guàn zhōng

Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works

条贯
tiáo guàn

(literary) systematic arrangement

纵贯
zòng guàn

lit. warp string in weaving

贯时
guàn shí

diachronic