| 刮 | 1187C00 90S.00-2 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄍㄨㄚ [gua1] | ||
| V.t. | (1) Shave, pare off, scrape: 刮臉 shave one's face; 刮鬍子 shave one's whiskers, (coll.) rebuff, snub, criticize mercilessly; 刮頭 shave one's hair; 刮削 pare away; 刮痧 scrape certain parts of the body to obtain relief from nausea or sunstroke; 刮舌 scrape off the fur on the tongue; 刮平 to level down or up; 刮木 to plane wood; 精刮 (Shanghai dial.) cunning, esp. in monetary matters, foxy. (2) To “fleece” the people: 刮地皮 (of officials) fleece the country and get rich; 刮錢 amass money by illegal means. (3) Rub: 刮磨 scrape smooth; 刮目相待 regard (person) with special esteem; 士別三日，刮目相待 after an absence of three days from a scholar, one “rubs one's eyes” and sees in him a changed man for the better. (4) (Of wind) to blow (＝颳): 東風刮地 when the east wind swept over the land. | |||||
| Words | 1. 刮打 [gua1da0], v.t., to strike heavily: 刮打桌子 to pound the table. 2. 刮拉 [gua1la1], v.t., verbally involve s. o.: 她好意勸你，又刮拉上她 she has just tried to calm you down, but now you're also pulling her in; 刮拉拉 make a crashing sound. 3. 刮刺 [gua1la0], v.t., in 刮刺上了 (MC) (of boys and girls) get hitched together. 4. 刮皮 [gua1pi2], v.i. & adj., (dial.) (be) miserly. | |||||