空 隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events 破 解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software) 裂 缝 liè fèng crack / crevice / CL:道[dao4] 精 锐 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel 枪 声 qiāng shēng crack / shooting sound / gunshot 裂 痕 liè hén crack / gap / split 精 干 jīng gàn crack (troops) / special (forces) / highly capable 裂 纹 liè wén crack / flaw 夹 缝 jiā fèng crack / crevice 龟 裂 jūn liè to crack / cracked / fissured / creviced / (of skin) chapped 干 裂 gān liè (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack / to chap 迸 裂 bèng liè to split / to crack / to burst (open) 裂 隙 liè xì gap / slit / crack / crevice / fracture 裂 化 liè huà to crack (fractionally distill oil) 罅 隙 xià xì gap / crack / rift 快 克 kuài kè crack 裂 to split / to crack / to break open / to rend 缝 seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4] 隙 crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift 豁 opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit 迸 to burst forth / to spurt / to crack / split 嗑 to crack (seeds) between one's teeth 罅 crack / grudge 坼 to crack / to split / to break / to chap 窾 crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] 爆 鸣 bào míng crack / exploding sound 缝 子 fèng zi crack / chink / narrow slit / crevice 裂 璺 liè wèn crack / split / fracture line 𠩺 to split open / crack 打 击 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) 缝 隙 fèng xì small crack / chink 取 缔 qǔ dì to suppress / to crack down on / to prohibit 说 笑 shuō xiào to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter 铁 骑 tiě qí armored horses / crack horsemen 严 打 yán dǎ to crack down on / to take severe measures against 破 译 pò yì to break a code / to crack a riddle / to solve an enigma / a breakthrough 戏 谑 xì xuè to banter / to crack jokes / to ridicule 打 黑 dǎ hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime 百 发 百 中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) 劈 啪 pī pā (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 大 材 小 用 dà cái xiǎo yòng using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) / a sledgehammer to crack a nut 股 沟 gǔ gōu buttock cleavage / butt crack 噼 child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 璺 a crack, as in porcelain 白 驹 过 隙 bái jū guò xì a white steed flits past a crack (idiom) / How time flies! 破 罐 破 摔 pò guàn pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell 金 属 探 伤 jīn shǔ tàn shāng metal crack detection 劲 卒 jìng zú elite soldiers / a crack force 严 厉 打 击 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures 大 才 小 用 dà cái xiǎo yòng lit. making little use of great talent / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 大 炮 打 蚊 子 dà pào dǎ wén zi cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 探 伤 器 tàn shāng qì metal crack detector 挠 裂 náo liè split due to repeated folding / flex crack 杀 鸡 何 必 要 用 牛 刀 呢 shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut / de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official) 石 罅 shí xià a crack in a rock 见 缝 就 钻 jiàn fèng jiù zuān lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity 逗 哈 哈 dòu hā hā to joke / to crack a joke 黎 明 时 分 lí míng shí fèn daybreak / at the crack of dawn 潮 致 冰 裂 cháo zhì bīng liè tide crack 黎 明 时 分 lí míng shí fēn daybreak / at the crack of dawn 扫 黑 sǎo hēi to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime 硬 骨 头 yìng gǔ tou resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
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