one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
trad. 一分為二
Also written 一分為二【yī fēn wéi èr】
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
分
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to divide; to separate, to distribute; to allocate, to distinguish (good and bad), (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]), fraction, one tenth (of certain units), unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm, minute (unit of time), minute (angular measurement unit), a point (in sports or games), 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- Pinyin
- fēn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1072 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
二
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two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid
- Pinyin
- èr
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1000 of 2500