| 掀 | 97A00 10A.81-9 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄒㄧㄢ [xian1] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To raise up, lift up (curtain, pot cover, etc.): 掀鬚 to brush beard upwards in play. (2) To expose, reveal: 掀人罪狀 expose a man's crime; 掀他老底兒 reveal his past. | |||||
| Words | 1. 掀起 [xian1qi3], v.t., to lift up, cause, to bring about (big wave or movement). 2. 掀動 [xian1dong4], v.t., raise a tumult: 掀動風波 raise a crisis. 3. 掀腫 [xian1zhong3], v.i., to swell up (of skin). 4. 掀開 [xian1kai0], v.t., to open (book, cover, curtain). 5. 掀掀 [xian1xian1], adj., (MC) standing straight up. 6. 掀騰 [xian1teng0], v.i. & t. & adj., (be) in a tumult. 7. 掀天 [xian1tian1], v.i. & adj., (1) cause a big change in affairs: 掀天事業 a revolutionary undertaking; 掀天動地 sensational; world-shaking (event); (2) 海浪掀天 waves heave to the skies; 鼓樂掀 (or 喧) 天 a great din of drums and pipes (“heavens shake”with the noises of music). | |||||