| 刻不容缓 | [ kè bù róng huǎn ] to brook no delay, to demand immediate action |
| 刻剥 | [ kè bō ] to grab money, to exploit |
| 刻写 | [ kè xiě ] to inscribe |
| 刻度盘 | [ kè dù pán ] dial (e.g. of a radio etc) |
| 刻意为之 | [ kè yì weí zhī ] to make a conscious effort, to do something deliberately |
| 刻画 | [ kè huà ] to portray |
| 刻丝 | [ kè sī ] variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1] |
| 刻舟求剑 | [ kè zhoū qiú jiàn ] lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances |
| 刻苦学习 | [ kè kǔ xué xí ] to study hard, assiduous |
| 刻苦耐劳 | [ kè kǔ naì laó ] to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering, hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity |
| 刻苦钻研 | [ kè kǔ zuān yán ] to study diligently |
| 刻录 | [ kè lù ] to record on a CD or DVD, to burn a disc |
| 刻录机 | [ kè lù jī ] disk burner |
| 刻骨铭心 | [ kè gǔ míng xīn ] lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom), fig. etched in one's memory, unforgettable |
| 刻鹄类鹜 | [ kè hú leì wù ] to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom), to fail utterly in trying to copy something, to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result |
| ⇒ 一时半刻 | [ yī shí bàn kè ] a short time, a little while |
| ⇒ 二刻拍案惊奇 | [ èr kè paī àn jīng qí ] Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] |
| ⇒ 光刻胶 | [ guāng kè ] photoresist (laser etching used in microelectronics) |
| ⇒ 初刻拍案惊奇 | [ chū kè paī àn jīng qí ] Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] |
| ⇒ 勤奋刻苦 | [ qín fèn kè kǔ ] diligent, assiduous |
| ⇒ 学习刻苦 | [ xué xí kè kǔ ] to study hard, assiduous |
| ⇒ 复刻 | [ fù kè ] to reprint (a work that has been out of print), to reissue (a vinyl album as a CD, etc), to replicate, to recreate, (computing) fork (loanword) |
| ⇒ 敦刻尔克 | [ dūn kè ěr kè ] Dunkirk, port in northern France |
| ⇒ 时刻 | [ shí kè ] time, juncture, moment, period of time, CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4], constantly, always |
| ⇒ 时刻准备 | [ shí kè zhǔn beì ] ready at any moment |
| ⇒ 时刻表 | [ shí kè ] timetable, schedule |
| ⇒ 时时刻刻 | [ shí shí kè kè ] at all times |
| ⇒ 时时刻刻 | [ shí shí kè kè ] at all times |
| ⇒ 此时此刻 | [ cǐ shí cǐ kè ] at this very moment |
| ⇒ 每时每刻 | [ meǐ shí meǐ kè ] at all times, at every moment |
| ⇒ 无时无刻 | [ wú shí wú kè ] all the time, incessantly |
| ⇒ 精雕细刻 | [ jīng xì kè ] lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision |
| ⇒ 蚀刻 | [ shí kè ] to etch, engraving |
| ⇒ 复刻 | [ fù kè ] variant of 復刻|复刻[fu4 ke4] |
| ⇒ 铭刻 | [ míng kè ] a carved inscription |
| ⇒ 铭心刻骨 | [ míng xīn kè gǔ ] engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives, undying gratitude |
| ⇒ 镂刻 | [ loù kè ] to carve, to engrave |
| ⇒ 镌刻 | [ juān kè ] to engrave |
| ⇒ 雕虫篆刻 | [ chóng zhuàn kè ] literary trifles, minor skill |
| ⇒ 顷刻 | [ qǐng kè ] instantly, in no time |
| ⇒ 顷刻间 | [ qǐng kè jiān ] in an instant |
