Entry
  1. One key opens one lock.; There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)

    trad. 一把鑰匙開一把鎖

Also written 一把鑰匙開一把鎖【yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ】

Characters in this word

6
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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
Strokes
1
Frequency
158 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to hold; to grasp, to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate, handlebar, classifier: handful, bundle, bunch, classifier for things with handles, (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})

Pinyin
Strokes
7
Frequency
34 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Pinyin
kāi
Traditional
Strokes
4
Frequency
467 of 2500