揉 róu
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róu
verb
to knead; to massage
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '揉'; Guoyu '揉' v 1; Kroll 2015 '揉' 1a, p. 389; Unihan '揉') -
róu
verb
to twist; to bend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '揉' v 3; Kroll 2015 '揉' 1, p. 389) -
róu
verb
to subdue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '揉' v 4; Kroll 2015 '揉' 2, p. 389) -
róu
adjective
mixed up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '揉' adj; Kroll 2015 '揉' 3, p. 389) -
róu
verb
to make into a roll
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '揉' v 2)
Contained in
- 揉磨 to torment; to torture
- 揉搓 to rub; to torment; to torture
- 揉制 to knead (leather)
- 揉和 to knead (clay)
- 矫揉(矯揉) to bend back and forth; to restrain ; unnatural; forced
- 众说纷揉(眾說紛揉) diverse opinions confused and divided; opinions differ; controversial matters
- 揉碎 to crush; to crumble into pieces
- 矫揉造作(矯揉造作) pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
- 搓揉 to knead; to rub; to roll
- 揉合 to blend
- 掰开揉碎(掰開揉碎) to pull apart and knead to a pulp; to analyze minutely from every angle; to chew something over
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 5
- 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷四十三 朱樂何列傳 Volume 43: Biographies of Zhu, Yue, He Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 69 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 一揉 (一揉) 把眼揉了一揉 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十二回 Chapter 32 — count: 4
- 杂揉 (雜揉) 人神雜揉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十二 崔駰列傳 Volume 52: Biography of Cui Yin — count: 4
- 揉一 (揉一) 把手侮著嘴揉一揉道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十四回 Chapter 74 — count: 3
- 揉着眼 (揉著眼) 揉著眼睛 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 23 — count: 3
- 揉桑 (揉桑) 揉桑為樞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
- 凡揉 (凡揉) 凡揉牙 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 2
- 眼揉 (眼揉) 把眼揉了一揉 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十二回 Chapter 32 — count: 2
- 揉头 (揉頭) 揉頭搓臉 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十七回 Chapter 77 — count: 2
- 揉箭 (揉箭) 揉箭箝也 — Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策, 卷十二 齊五 Chapter 12: Qi V — count: 2
- 揉杂 (揉雜) 揉雜淫穢 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷十 梁書10: 末帝本紀下 Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 — count: 2