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Meaning of 堀

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堀
Pinyin: kū
English Definition: cave; hole
Chinese Definition:
①古同“窟”,洞穴。
②穿穴:“(舜)以其徒属堀地财,取水利……然后免于冻馁之患。”
③冲起:“塕然起于穷巷之间,堀堁扬尘。”
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 土
Pictophonetic:屈 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • 屈 [ qū ] to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
Similar Characters: 倔
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Example Sentences
1
“
日本公司为了保护老职工的利益
,
而不惜浪费年轻一代的员工
。
”
36
岁的堀江说道
。
"Japanese companies are wasting the young generations to protect older workers," said Mr. Horie, now 36.
2
来自日本的银行家堀田达夫正在与英格兰银行的一位高级职员闲谈
Tatsuo Horita ,a banker from Japan ,is visiting with an officer of the Bank of England .
3
为了能取得一个固定工的位置
,
堀江为此打拼了十多年
。
然而
,
他最终不但放弃了临时工的职位
,
而且还离开了日本
。
After more than a decade of trying to gain regular status, Mr. Horie finally quit - not just the temporary jobs, but Japan altogether.
4
在这里长大的堀河
,
亲眼目睹这座小镇被毁
,
只剩下扭曲的金属和残破的木材
。
Orikawa Yuukichi has watched the town he grew up in reduced to twisted metal and splintered wood.
5
要理解个中原因
,
很多人会提到那个在日本尽人皆知的
,
互联网巨头堀江贵文的兴衰
。
To understand why, many here point to the fate of one of the nation' s best-known Internet tycoons, Takafumi Horie.