切中要害

切
中
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害
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head

Characters and words in 切中要害

切
qie̅ = qi + e1
to cut / to slice / tangent (math)
切 = 七 + 刀 : The Queen of Hearts is ready to cut and slice anything and anybody: She's holding a seven-branched laser sword and a cleaver in her hands in front of the elevator.
切
qiè = qi + e4
definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / close to / eager / to correspond to / see also 反切[fan3 qie4]
切
中
to hit the target (esp. in argument) / to strike home
切
中
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
中
zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
中
zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中 = 丨 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
中
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
要
ya̅o = y + ao1
to demand / to request / to coerce
要
yào = y + ao4
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.
要
ya̅o = y + ao1
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
要
yào = y + ao4
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
要
害
vital part / (fig.) key point / crucial
害
hài = h + ai4
to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity
害 = 宀 + 丰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: Calamity Jane.

Hamlet has just graduated from high school and his still wearing his graduation cap, but Calamity Jane locked him in a golden cage in the airplane's bathroom because she envies him so much. She even gave him no food so far and teases him with a mandarin.

Words with 切中要害

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