火候

huǒ hou

HSK 7freq #22245

Meanings

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huǒ hou

1.heat control
2.(fig.) mastery
3.(fig.) crucial moment

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Wiktionary

1.heat control; duration and degree of heating
2.level of scholarship
3.crucial moment; opportunity

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Stroke order

Components

火㇓㇔冫

候亻㇑匚矢

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Synonyms

商機商机因緣因缘契機契机戰機战机時機时机機會机会機遇机遇空子空隙節裉兒节裉儿縫縫缝缝縫縫兒缝缝儿茬口遇際遇际遇

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Related words

不到火候不揭锅 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)