Nooks and crannies interpretation:

1, 〈fang〉 corner; remote place: wall nook. Mountain nooks and crannies.

2, a recessed corner where two walls or something like a wall meet: He searched every nook and cranny of the house and couldn't find the watch. There was a peach tree growing in one of the recesses of the yard.

3, referring to an out-of-the-way place: His deeds spread to every nook and cranny of the country.

4, referring to a place, premises.

Citation: Yang Shuo, "Three Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains," paragraph 12: "Everyone labors and lives in every nook and cranny, from childhood to adulthood, from old age to death, indifferent to each other."

Cranny Pronunciation: [ gā lá ]

Near synonyms: horns, edges

I. horns [ jī jiǎo ]

Interpretation:

1, the place where a line, prong, or edge meets; an angle.

2, corner of a wall.

3, Distributing troops in different places in order to hold or pin down the enemy or to support each other.

4. To face each other; to stand side by side.

2. edge [ biān yuán ]

Interpretation:

1. The part along the edge: the fringe area. On the verge of bankruptcy.

2. attributive word. Close to the boundary; related to two or more aspects: a marginal discipline.

3. peripheral part, critical meaning.