gou1
variant of 勾

ju4
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse

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radical
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闭门觅句 閉門覓句 bi4 men2 mi4 ju4
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

宾语关系从句 賓語關係從句 bin1 yu3 guan1 xi4 cong2 ju4
object relative clause

病句 病句 bing4 ju4
defective sentence; error (of grammar or logic)

陈述句 陳述句 chen2 shu4 ju4
declarative sentence

词句 詞句 ci2 ju4
words and sentences

从句 從句 cong2 ju4
clause

单句 單句 dan1 ju4
simple sentence (grammar)

倒装句 倒裝句 dao4 zhuang1 ju4
inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect); anastrophe

读破句 讀破句 du2 po4 ju4
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point

独语句 獨語句 du2 yu3 ju4
one-word sentence

短句 短句 duan3 ju4
clause

断句 斷句 duan4 ju4
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate

对句 對句 dui4 ju2
couplet

反问句 反問句 fan3 wen4 ju4
rhetorical question

分句 分句 fen1 ju4
clause (in European grammar)

否定句 否定句 fou3 ding4 ju4
negative sentence

复句 複句 fu4 ju4
compound phrase

感叹句 感嘆句 gan3 tan4 ju4
exclamation; exclamatory phrase

高句丽 高句麗 gao1 gou1 li2
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms

话不投机半句多 話不投機半句多 hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1 ban4 ju4 duo1
when words get sour, adding words is useless (idiom)

换句话说 換句話說 huan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1
in other words

假否定句 假否定句 jia3 fou3 ding4 ju4
false negative

假肯定句 假肯定句 jia3 ken3 ding4 ju4
false affirmative

警句 警句 jing3 ju4
aphorism

句读 句讀 ju4 dou4
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases

句逗 句逗 ju4 dou4
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号; sentences and phrases

句法 句法 ju4 fa3
syntax

句法分析 句法分析 ju4 fa3 fen1 xi1
syntactic analysis

句法意识 句法意識 ju4 fa3 yi4 shi2
syntactic awareness

句号 句號 ju4 hao4
full stop; period (punct.)

句句实话 句句實話 ju4 ju4 shi2 hua4
to speak honestly (idiom)

句骊河 句驪河 ju4 li2 he2
pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河

句群 句群 ju4 qun2
discourse; group of sentences with clear meaning; narrative

句容 句容 ju4 rong2
Jurong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu

句容市 句容市 ju4 rong2 shi4
Jurong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu

句式 句式 ju4 shi4
sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax

句首 句首 ju4 shou3
start of phrase or sentence

句数 句數 ju4 shu4
number of sentences; number of lines (in verse etc)

句型 句型 ju4 xing2
sentence pattern (in grammar)

句子 句子 ju4 zi5
sentence

绝句 絕句 jue2 ju4
quatrain (poetic form)

肯定并例句 肯定並例句 ken3 ding4 bing4 li4 ju4
active conjoined sentence

肯定句 肯定句 ken3 ding4 ju4
affirmative sentence

例句 例句 li4 ju4
example sentence

炼句 煉句 lian4 ju4
to polish a phrase

两句 兩句 liang3 ju4
(say) a few words

觅句 覓句 mi4 ju4
to search for the right word (of poet)

名句 名句 ming2 ju4
famous saying; celebrated phrase

命令句 命令句 ming4 ling4 ju4
imperative sentence

俳句 俳句 pai2 ju4
haiku

祈使句 祈使句 qi2 shi3 ju4
imperative sentence

三句话不离本行 三句話不離本行 san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2
to talk shop all the time (idiom)

三言两句 三言兩句 san1 yan2 liang3 ju4
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

诗句 詩句 shi1 ju4
verse

特指问句 特指問句 te4 zhi3 wen4 ju4
wh-question (linguistics)

条件句 條件句 tiao2 jian4 ju4
conditional clause

五言绝句 五言絕句 wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

一句 一句 yi1 ju4
a line of verse; a sentence

一句话 一句話 yi1 ju4 hua4
in a word; in short

疑问句 疑問句 yi2 wen4 ju4
question (grammar); interrogative sentence

引用句 引用句 yin3 yong4 ju4
quotation

有一句没一句 有一句沒一句 you3 yi1 ju4 mei2 yi1 ju4
to speak one minute and be quiet the next

语句 語句 yu3 ju4
sentence

乐句 樂句 yue4 ju4
musical phrase

造句 造句 zao4 ju4
sentence-making

真否定句 真否定句 zhen1 fou3 ding4 ju4
true negative (TN)

真肯定句 真肯定句 zhen1 ken3 ding4 ju4
true affirmative (TA)

斟酌字句 斟酌字句 zhen1 zhuo2 zi4 ju4
to measure one's words

中心埋置关系从句 中心埋置關係從句 zhong1 xin1 mai2 zhi4 guan1 xi4 cong2 ju4
center-embedded relative clauses

逐字逐句 逐字逐句 zhu2 zi4 zhu2 ju4
literal; word by word and phrase by phrase

主谓句 主謂句 zhu3 wei4 ju4
subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause

子句 子句 zi3 ju4
clause (grammar)

字句 字句 zi4 ju4
words; expressions; writing

字斟句酌 字斟句酌 zi4 zhen1 ju4 zhuo2
weighing every word