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推敲
推敲
(tuī qiāo): Deliberate / Ponder over (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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推 • tuī • to push; refuse • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
tuī
推
to push; refuse
敲 • qiāo • to hit • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
qiāo
敲
to hit
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 推敲.
Words with
推
推出
tuī chū
to push out
推迟
tuī chí
to postpone
推动
tuī dòng
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推广
tuī guǎng
popularise; spread; generalisation
推荐
tuī jiàn
recommend
推辞
tuī cí
decline
推进
tuī jìn
to impel
推测
tuī cè
infer; conjecture; guess
Words with
敲
敲诈
qiāo zhà
To blackmail / to extort
敲击
qiāo jī
to strike, to tap
敲响
qiāo xiǎng
to ring, to sound (a bell, alarm)
敲打
qiāo dǎ
knock; tap
敲敲
qiāo qiāo
to knock lightly (reduplicated form)
敲门
qiāo mén
to knock on a door
敲一下
qiāo yí xià
knock once
敲边鼓
qiāo biān gǔ
to back sb up
4.
How to Use 推敲 in Sentences
Verb + Complement
with
值得
zhí
值
de
得
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
neutral
worth deliberating
Adverb + Verb
zǐ
仔
xì
细
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
Verb + Object
with
字句
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
zì
字
jù
句
5.
Example Sentences with 推敲
tā
他
xiě
写
jù
句
zi
子
shí
时
yào
要
tuī
neutral
carefully deliberate
fǎn
反
fù
复
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
formal
repeatedly deliberate
formal
Written
deliberate over words and sentences
推
qiāo
敲
měi
每
gè
个
zì
字
。
He ponders over every word when writing sentences.
zhè
这
fèn
份
hé
合
tong
同
tiáo
条
kuǎn
款
xū
需
yào
要
zǐ
仔
xì
细
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
，
yǐ
以
miǎn
免
chǎn
产
shēng
生
qí
歧
yì
义
。
The terms of this contract need to be carefully deliberated to avoid ambiguity.
nǐ
你
nán
难
dào
道
méi
没
yǒu
有
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
guò
过
tā
他
nà
那
xiē
些
huà
话
bèi
背
hòu
后
de
的
zhēn
真
shí
实
yì
意
tú
图
ma
吗
？
Haven't you pondered over the real intention behind his words?
wǒ
我
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
le
了
hěn
很
jiǔ
久
，
cái
才
jué
决
dìng
定
mǎi
买
zhè
这
běn
本
shū
书
。
I deliberated for a long time before deciding to buy this book.
tā
他
wèi
未
jīng
经
tuī
推
qiāo
敲
jiù
就
cōng
匆
máng
忙
xià
下
jié
结
lùn
论
，
jié
结
guǒ
果
zhèng
证
míng
明
shì
是
cuò
错
de
的
。
He hastily drew a conclusion without deliberation, and it turned out to be wrong.
