Japanese Word Entry

目から鼻へ拔ける

Simplified Japanese form: 目から鼻へ抜ける

Kana:めからはなへぬける
Romaji:mekarahanahenukeru
Definition: to be very shrewd, to be highly intelligent, to be very smart

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Chinese characters used in this word

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor, see, division, topic, Kangxi radical 109
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄨˋ (mù)
Cantonese: muk6
Japanese: モク (moku)、 ボク (boku) / め (me)、 -め (-me)、 ま- (ma-)、 まなこ (manako)、 さかん (sakan)
Korean: 목 (mog)
Vietnamese: mục

nose, snout, first, Kangxi radical 209
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄧˊ (bí)
Cantonese: bei6
Japanese: ビ (bi)、 ヒ (hi) / はな (hana)
Korean: 비 (bi)
Vietnamese: tị

extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit, uproot
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄚˊ (bá), ㄅㄛ (bō), ㄅㄧㄝˊ (bié), ㄈㄚˊ (fá), ㄅㄟˋ (bèi)
Cantonese: bat6
Japanese: バツ (batsu)、 ハイ (hai)、 ハツ (hatsu) / ぬ.く (nuku)、 ぬ.ける (nukeru)、 ぬ.かす (nukasu)、 ぬ.かる (nukaru)、 たすける (tasukeru)
Korean: 발 (bal), 패 (pae)
Vietnamese: bạt, bội
Variants
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