one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
trad. 一呼百諾
Also written 一呼百諾【yī hū bǎi nuò】
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
呼
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to call, to cry, to shout, to breath out, to exhale
- Pinyin
- hū
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5133 of 2500
百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
诺
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to consent, to promise, (literary) yes!
- Pinyin
- nuò
- Traditional
- 諾
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4331 of 2500