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投tóu靠kào
  1. to rely on help from sb

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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投
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

Pinyin
tóu
Strokes
7
Frequency
3391 of 2500
Words starting with 投Words ending in 投Anywhere in a word
靠
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to lean against or on, to stand by the side of, to come near to, to depend on, to trust, to fuck (vulgar), traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

Pinyin
kào
Strokes
15
Frequency
685 of 2500
Words starting with 靠Words ending in 靠Anywhere in a word