qíng dòu chū kāi

Traditional: 情竇初開

情窦初开 (qíng dòu chū kāi) is a Chinese word meaning “first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)

Characters in 情窦初开

情qíng · (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion窦dòu · (literary) hole; aperture初chū · (bound form) at first; initially开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

Related words

开始to begin事情affair; matter; thing; business开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave情况circumstances; state of affairs; situation开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire情(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion放开to let go感情emotion; sentiment开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

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