not to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge
trad. 不蒸饅頭爭口氣
Also written 不蒸饅頭爭口氣【bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì】
Characters in this word
7不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
蒸
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to evaporate, (of cooking) to steam, torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old), finely chopped firewood (old)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 24796 of 2500
馒
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used in 饅頭|馒头[man2 tou5]
- Pinyin
- mán
- Traditional
- 饅
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 36210 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500
争
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to strive for, to vie for, to argue or debate, deficient or lacking (dialect), how or what (literary)
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Traditional
- 爭
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13204 of 2500
口
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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- Pinyin
- kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 4127 of 2500
气
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gas; air, smell, weather, to make angry; to annoy; to get angry, vital energy; qi
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 氣
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2219 of 2500