lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog; in for a penny, in for a pound
Characters in this word
5一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
做
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to make; to produce, to write; to compose, to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc), (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc), (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for, to assume (an air or manner)
- Pinyin
- zuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 37 of 2500
二
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two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid
- Pinyin
- èr
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1000 of 2500
休
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surname Xiu
- Pinyin
- Xiū
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 7946 of 2500