Usage of the character 顆
kē
颗
[顆]
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
kēlì
颗粒
[顆粒]
- kernel
- granule
- granulated (sugar, chemical product)
kēlìwù
颗粒物
[顆粒物]
- particulate matter (PM)
xìkēlìwù
细颗粒物
[細顆粒物]
- fine particle (PM 2.5)
- fine particulate matter (air pollution etc)
kēlìwúshōu
颗粒无收
[顆粒無收]
- not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
fēnmìkēlì
分泌颗粒
[分泌顆粒]
- secretory granule
yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōtāng
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯]
- lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥]
- see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥／一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu)