gǔn

to boil

to roll; to take a hike; Get lost!

water (氵) + sound gǔn (衮) = water churning and rolling

衮 gives the sound gǔn; the water radical carries the meaning, evoking water churning and tumbling as it boils or rolls along.

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水已经了,可以下饺子了。

shuǐ yǐ jīng gǔn le,kě yǐ xià jiǎo zi le。

The water is already boiling, you can put the dumplings in now.

他生气地对那个人说:"!"

tā shēng qì de duì nà ge rén shuō:"gǔn!"

He angrily said to that person: "Get lost!"

Words with 滚

连滚带爬

lián gǔn dài pá

(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape

利滚利

lì gǔn lì

compound interest (esp. in loans, snowballing debt)

回滚

huí gǔn

(computing) to roll back

圆滚滚

yuán gǔn gǔn

plump

地滚球

dì gǔn qiú

ten-pin bowling

屁滚尿流

pì gǔn niào liú

to piss one's pants in terror (idiom)

后摇滚

hòu yáo gǔn

post-rock (music genre)

打滚

dǎ gǔn

to roll about

摇滚

yáo gǔn

rock 'n' roll (music)

摇滚乐

yáo gǔn yuè

rock music

摸爬滚打

mō pá gǔn dǎ

to go through challenging experiences

滚刀

gǔn dāo

(engineering) gear hob (cutting tool used in manufacturing gears)

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