not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit
trad. 一絲不掛
Also written 一絲不掛【yī sī bù guà】
Characters in this word
4一
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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
丝
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silk, thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips, classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- Pinyin
- sī
- Traditional
- 絲
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3969 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
挂
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to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc), to hang up (the phone), (of a line) to be dead, to be worried; to be concerned, (dialect) to make a phone call, to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor), (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam), classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- Pinyin
- guà
- Traditional
- 掛
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1287 of 2500