窦

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(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To buy someone off 卖; a nose-hole 穴

Components 穴卖

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
狗窦大开	gǒu dòu dà kāi	dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
窦性心律	dòu xìng xīn lǜ	(medicine) sinus rhythm
情窦初开	qíng dòu chū kāi	first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
玛窦福音	Mǎ dòu Fú yīn	Gospel according to St Matthew
窦房结	dòu fáng jié	(anatomy) sinoatrial node; sinuatrial node
闭门塞窦	bì mén sè dòu	to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
利玛窦	Lì Mǎ dòu	Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
窦道	dòu dào	sinus (anatomy); subterranean passage
情窦	qíng dòu	(lit.) love aperture; (fig.) interest in love matters
鼻窦炎	bí dòu yán	sinusitis
乳突窦	rǔ tū dòu	(anatomy) mastoid antrum
狗窦	gǒu dòu	dog hole; gap caused by missing teeth; fig. den of thieves
鼻旁窦	bí páng dòu	paranasal sinus
鼻窦	bí dòu	paranasal sinus
额窦	é dòu	frontal sinus
玛窦	Mǎ dòu	Matthew; St Matthew the evangelist; less common variant of 馬太\|马太[Ma3 tai4] (preferred by t…
疑窦	yí dòu	(literary) doubts; suspicions; cause for suspicion
冯窦伯	Féng Dòu bó	Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition; also called 馮武\|冯武…
蝶窦	dié dòu	sphenoidal sinus
筚门闺窦	bì mén guī dòu	wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty