(lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful wording
trad. 一字褒貶
Also written 一字褒貶【yī zì bāo biǎn】
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
字
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letter, symbol, character, word, CL:個|个[ge4], courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1431 of 2500
褒
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to praise, to commend, to honor, (of clothes) large or loose
- Pinyin
- bāo
- Strokes
- 15
贬
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to diminish, to demote, to reduce or devaluate, to disparage, to censure, to depreciate
- Pinyin
- biǎn
- Traditional
- 貶
- Strokes
- 8