lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
trad. 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮
Also written 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮【sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng】
Characters in this word
11三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
个
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used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- Pinyin
- gě
- Traditional
- 個
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 66 of 2500
臭
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stench, smelly, to smell (bad), repulsive, loathsome, terrible, bad, severely, ruthlessly, dud (ammunition)
- Pinyin
- chòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1610 of 2500
皮
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surname Pi
- Pinyin
- Pí
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3539 of 2500
匠
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craftsman
- Pinyin
- jiàng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 39631 of 2500
赛
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to compete, competition, match, to surpass, better than, superior to, to excel
- Pinyin
- sài
- Traditional
- 賽
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 4294 of 2500
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
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
诸
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surname Zhu
- Pinyin
- Zhū
- Traditional
- 諸
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 41498 of 2500
葛
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gě
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 6921 of 2500
亮
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bright; light, to shine; to flash, loud and clear, to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- Pinyin
- liàng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5414 of 2500