Chinese Notes

巢 cháo

cháo noun nest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '巢' n 1; Mathews 1931 '巢', p. 30; Unihan '巢')
cháo noun a den
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '巢' n 2; Mathews 1931 '巢', p. 30)
cháo noun a gourd shaped musical instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '巢' n 3)
cháo proper noun Chao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '巢' n 4)
cháo verb to build a nest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '巢' v)

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营巢(營巢) to nest
覆巢之下无完卵(覆巢之下無完卵) when the nest is upset no egg is left intact; when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
暖巢管家 housekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live with them
卵巢窝(卵巢窩) ovary
精巢 testes
越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
倾巢出动(傾巢出動) dispatch troops like wasps from a nest
倾巢(傾巢) the whole nest came out (to fight us); a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)
巢居 to reside
巢窝(巢窩) a tree nest ; a brothel
蜂巢 beehive; wasp's nest
香巢 a love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
有巢氏 You Chao Shi
枳句来巢(枳句來巢) in the crooked lemon-tree birds make their nests
匪巢 bandit stronghold
倾巢来犯(傾巢來犯) to turn out in force ready to attack
蜂巢胃 reticulum (second stomach of ruminants, with honeycomb pattern); tripe
倾巢而出(傾巢而出) the whole nest came out; to turn out in full strength
鹊巢鸠占(鵲巢鳩占) the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it; to reap where one has not sown
巢穴 a lair; a nest; a den ; a hideout
覆巢无完卵(覆巢無完卵) when the nest overturns no egg remains intact; no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster
窝巢(窩巢) nest
卵精巢 ovaries and testes
空巢 an empty nest ; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
鸟巢(鳥巢) bird's nest ; Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium
贼巢(賊巢) a thieves' den
卵巢 ovary

Also contained in

巢湖地区、黄巢之乱、黄巢起义、巢县、黄巢、居巢、巢湖、燕巢、雀巢、巢湖市、居巢区、燕巢乡

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卷二百二十五下列傳第一百五十下逆臣下 Volume 225c Biographies 150c: Rebellious Ministers 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 91
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卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 21
卷二百下列傳第一百五十下: 朱泚黃巢秦宗權 Volume 200 Biographies 150: Zhu Ci, Huang Chao, Qin Zongchuan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 20
第三十回 Chapter 30 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 19
卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
卷四十二雜傳第三十: 朱宣王師範李罕之孟方立王珂趙犨馮行襲 Volume 42 Miscellaneous Biographies 22: Zhu Xuan, Wang Shifan, Li Hanzhi, Meng Fangli, Wang Ke, Zhao Chou, Feng Xingxi New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 14
卷一百二十九志第八十二樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
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Collocations

鹊巢 (鵲巢) 鵲巢騶虞之德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 27
来巢 (來巢) 有鴝鵒來巢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 17
覆巢 (覆巢) 不覆巢 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 14
南巢 (南巢) 成湯放桀于南巢 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 8
乌巢 (烏巢) 瓊等時宿在烏巢 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 7
巢帅 (巢帥) 宋向巢帥師伐曹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
巢毁 (巢毀) 覆巢毀卵 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 6
围巢 (圍巢) 楚人圍巢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
巢父 (巢父) 巢父灑耳 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷六問明 Chapter 6: Asking about Wisdom — count: 5
灭巢 (滅巢) 吳滅巢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5