before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved; many twists and turns to a story; one thing after another
Characters in this word
6一
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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
波
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(bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]), surname Bo
- Pinyin
- Bō
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3661 of 2500
未
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not yet, did not, have not, not, 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep, ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1534 of 2500
平
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surname Ping
- Pinyin
- Píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9521 of 2500
又
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(once) again, also, both... and..., and yet, (used for emphasis) anyway
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 100 of 2500
起
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to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch, to initiate (action), to draft, to establish, to get (from a depot or counter), verb suffix, to start, starting from (a time, place, price etc), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 687 of 2500