lit. one is one, two is two (idiom); fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut; unequivocal
Characters in this word
3一
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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
是
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to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5 of 2500
二
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two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid
- Pinyin
- èr
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1000 of 2500