see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[yi1 zhao1 bei4 she2 yao3 , shi2 nian2 pa4 jing3 sheng2]
trad. 一年被蛇咬，十年怕井繩
Also written 一年被蛇咬，十年怕井繩【yī nián bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng】
Characters in this word
9一
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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
年
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surname Nian
- Pinyin
- Nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 249 of 2500
被
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quilt, to cover (with), (literary) to suffer (a misfortune), used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb), (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 63 of 2500
蛇
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variant of 蛇[she2]
- Pinyin
- shé
- Traditional
- 虵
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3006 of 2500
咬
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to bite, to nip
- Pinyin
- yǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1718 of 2500
十
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ten, 10
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4521 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
井
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Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy, surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jǐng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11654 of 2500
绳
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rope, CL:根[gen1]
- Pinyin
- shéng
- Traditional
- 繩
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 16971 of 2500